Curse of Strahd - Episode 18 'The Vistani Massacre'

After a hard fought battle, the players return to Vallaki to find that Rictavio has gone ahead with his attack on the Vistani camp. The players find more than just dead Vistani though...

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SPEAKER_05 0:00

Thank you all for joining us for episode 18 of our Curse of Strahd Adventure. Last episode began as the party was setting up with their newfound companion Zulika, the werewolf, to fight Kiril, the leader of the werewolf clan, and all the wolves and werewolves that were accompanying him on the hunt. He jumped out of the forest, quickly dealt with Kiril, who proved no match for the four of you, very quickly slaying him, as well as a couple wolves and maybe a werewolf or two. But upon slaying Kiril, Zulika stood tall and announced that she was going to, with your help, retrieve her husband Emil to come back and become the new leader. So sent the other werewolves back in to the werewolf den to instruct the others that Emile's gonna be back soon and they better be ready for it, essentially. I just hope that Bianca, Kirill's wife, is okay. Yeah. I feel like we should have stayed and been like, just to check. Well, there's plenty of plenty of werewolves to deal with that. She was like, I think she'll understand, and if she doesn't, then dog pile. Yeah. She's more like wolf pile. She's either gonna have to get gone or get old yeller. Am I right, guys?

SPEAKER_03 1:46

Why are you looking at me like that?

SPEAKER_07 1:48

They're old old yeller. Yeah. For God.

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From there, in search of the second seed uh for the Wizard of Wines, you went to the ruins of Berez to fight Babalusaga, where you found a wereraven, Muriel, uh, scouting out and uh essentially spying on Babble Saga and everything that she was doing for the other were ravens, uh, for the Mardikovs, and um making notes and writing back from afar. She was not ready to deal with the scarecrows or Babble Saga herself uh at all. So she was uh standing around the standing stones, uh scouting out, instructed you on kind of how everything is laid out, um, in case you wanted to scout anything out first before fighting Babble Saga, which Quick Draw went ahead uh across the river to free the goats.

SPEAKER_03 2:58

You were really into those goats.

SPEAKER_05 2:59

Unfortunately, the goats were guarded by many human head skulls uh that woke up and sounded their alarm by screaming, alerting alerting many of the other scarecrows and Babala Saga herself to mount up in her hill giant skull to fly over and do battle with you all. Uh she almost killed everyone. Quickdraw and Leo were down. Liriel was under a charm to kill Quickdraw. That she disobeyed, knocking her unconscious as well. Zulika, your newly acquired compatriot, was the last one alive and was able to put the final blow into Babble Saga and save you all.

SPEAKER_03 4:01

God bless. Soluna bless.

SPEAKER_05 4:04

Certainly was a good thing that you guys went to the werewolf den before going to the ruins of Berez. Uh, a very, very tough fight. Um, but you survived it. Uh you made it through. Um, a we are still in the same day. This is still taking on this place on the same day.

SPEAKER_11 4:26

Insane from the same day.

SPEAKER_05 4:28

The morning where Quick Draw and Leary also were unconscious and were saved uh by uh Erwin. We can't do anything ourselves. Um this is why you make friends. Yep.

SPEAKER_03 4:44

To be fair, we told him not to scale this for a three-person campaign. It's still as difficult as a five to six person campaign because we told him not to.

SPEAKER_05 4:55

I think it was like what four to six, four to six, yeah. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_03 4:59

So we were like we're meant to play this with more people.

SPEAKER_05 5:02

Oh well.

SPEAKER_07 5:02

So we're doing good.

SPEAKER_05 5:05

Mm-hmm. We sold our dice, man.

SPEAKER_07 5:07

We're still a little traumatized.

SPEAKER_05 5:10

Nvy battle, uh, but you survived. You went into her hut, uh, looted everything. She had quite a bit of gold, huge gemstones. Um, you guys have spent a short rest identifying the rest of these items uh as you leveled up, which we'll go over in a second. Uh, you identified an oil of sharpness, which Quick Draw has uh put on his um bolts silvered bolts for his crossbow. Uh so he'll have essentially plus three silvered crossbow bolts, which is gonna be sick as fuck. Um we got the two spell scrolls, uh, we got the sling bullets, which probably won't be used because nobody has a sling, but uh still have them. Um Leo instantly rewarded by taking that um that proficiency in in musical instruments by the pipes of haunting. Uh and then Lyriel. You're taking the the Stone of Good Luck, right? Uh or did you not decide that yet?

SPEAKER_07 6:22

Uh sure. I can take that. I think it would be best for you to catch your machine. Yeah. Oh, yeah, that's great. Sapphire had that. It was great. So you all got your own. That's why Sapphire had like a plus twenty to hit or something. No, it was plus twenty.

SPEAKER_05 6:39

Well, it doesn't affect it affects ability checks and savage throws.

SPEAKER_07 6:44

She kind of is a cat.

unknown 6:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 6:45

So it makes sense that she has one. That's awesome.

SPEAKER_05 6:47

And Leo's a golden retriever, so so with your loot in hand, uh, you mount it up jaque. Uh my boy.

SPEAKER_07 6:56

I love him.

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Rested a little bit, um, got the uh the second magical seed and leveled up to nine. So let's just go over those level ups real quick.

SPEAKER_03 7:08

I thought we already did that.

SPEAKER_05 7:10

Uh we did not. Oh, level nine.

SPEAKER_03 7:12

That's crazy.

SPEAKER_05 7:12

Yeah, we you guys leveled up twice last episode.

SPEAKER_08 7:16

So right. Okay.

SPEAKER_07 7:17

Well, I got raised dead. So if any of you die, it no longer like will only take like you only oh my god, I can't fucking talk.

SPEAKER_03 7:28

I now have much longer than one minute to resurrect you.

SPEAKER_05 7:31

Yay. Um we won't like come back as a zombie, right? Can it be used on allies or like creatures?

SPEAKER_07 7:37

Um it's anybody, I'm pretty sure.

SPEAKER_05 7:41

Oh wow.

SPEAKER_07 7:42

Which is really nice. Um, so I can revive Yevgeny if I need to.

SPEAKER_03 7:48

Um, and I got summoned celestial.

unknown 7:51

Nice.

SPEAKER_05 7:52

Um yeah, I think you've reached Yevgeny's level cap with his 16 HP.

SPEAKER_07 7:59

So I now have um a celestial spirit that can follow me, um, which is pretty cool. It does something. Oh, um, one of them can have a radiant bow, which Orion has. So I'm gonna summon what looks like Orion, but it's not actually him. And he's just like, I wish my brother was here.

SPEAKER_05 8:19

Who is Orion for our listeners?

SPEAKER_07 8:22

Uh that episode will probably be out by now, by then, maybe. Orion. Oh, it's not.

SPEAKER_05 8:27

I don't think you mentioned we're only three behind, and we're waiting until we have five or definitely mentioned Orion in previous episodes.

SPEAKER_07 8:33

I have Orion is Leo's half-brother, who is an archer. Um then did I say I did say that I took musical instrument for proficiency. That was that was for eight.

SPEAKER_05 8:47

Does require a diamond worth 500 gold to catch.

SPEAKER_07 8:50

Well, I'm assuming QuickDrawl probably has some.

SPEAKER_06 8:53

I got plenty of gold.

SPEAKER_05 8:54

Yeah, plenty of gold.

SPEAKER_07 8:56

Um, I think that's all I took. Or all that was bestowed upon you.

SPEAKER_05 9:01

Did you take a feat or an ASI or anything? Or no, that's that no, you did that last time. Never mind. Is that everything?

SPEAKER_03 9:09

That's what I'm looking at. Uh-huh. Yep.

SPEAKER_05 9:15

Okay, quick draw. Uh, I took an ASI ability score improvement. I got my dexterity up to 20 now. So now my to hit is plus uh 11. And then uh plus 14 if you use those special bolts that you just got. Yeah, my sleight of hand its stealth is now plus 13. Uh my initiative is plus 10 with advantage because of my assassin. Did you take another you took another level in rogue? I did take it, right? Yeah. So I took rogue. I'm uh Gloomstalker Ranger 5.

SPEAKER_06 9:50

I took my fourth level of rogue just now to get that ASI a little quicker. And my armor class is now 17 as well.

SPEAKER_05 9:59

Nice. That's it. Cool.

SPEAKER_07 10:02

That's it.

SPEAKER_05 10:03

Leery.

SPEAKER_07 10:04

Um, so with level nine, I have a new channel divinity action. Um, abjure foes. So I can use a channel divinity to overwhelm foes with awe. Whoa. I present my holy symbol or my weapon, um, and they have to make a wisdom saving throw, or they are frightened. And when they're frightened from that action, they can only move, take an action, or take a bonus action. They cannot do all three.

SPEAKER_05 10:33

Very fitting for your holy symbol of Ravenkind. Yeah. We haven't had a chance to use that on a vampire yet. No, I did not do that.

SPEAKER_07 10:42

Yes, you did.

SPEAKER_05 10:43

Roll it back.

SPEAKER_07 10:45

Um, and then I changed, I added a smite. I added blinding smite. Um, so I'm temporarily blinded.

SPEAKER_05 10:56

Bitch, you blind forever.

SPEAKER_07 10:57

Yeah, they'll take it. Finish the game, Lily. I want to talk about it. It's dispatch. Oh, I do need to finish it. Finish it. Um I'm gonna restart it. Uh yeah. Um, yeah, so I can blind targets um after I smite them. I also changed out another spell that I don't use uh for shining smite, so that will uh shed the target in a bright light, um, give attack rolls against it advantage, and then the target can't benefit from being invisible. And let me see. Um HP is still the same, or no, my armor class is still the same. 16. I have 76 hit points now. And yep, that's it.

SPEAKER_05 11:48

I have 81.

SPEAKER_09 11:52

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 11:54

I have 66.

SPEAKER_09 11:56

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 11:56

Whoa. What's that con score? Yeah, seriously. 10?

SPEAKER_08 12:03

14.

SPEAKER_05 12:04

Whoa. What's yours at? My con? Sixteen. Okay.

SPEAKER_08 12:12

Actually, my stats kind of suck.

SPEAKER_05 12:15

Did you spread them out too far?

SPEAKER_08 12:17

No.

SPEAKER_07 12:18

I just haven't. Oh, I did take more charisma than I needed to.

SPEAKER_03 12:22

That's why for because I wanted good performance checks.

SPEAKER_05 12:25

Yeah. Yeah. Cleric should be wisdom, con, and then maybe dykes.

SPEAKER_07 12:31

So that was on me, actually. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 12:32

My charisma is zero.

SPEAKER_07 12:34

Oh, it does do it automatically. I took a lesson from Emily and decided to play for the character. It makes sense for my other one. It makes sense for Joanna.

SPEAKER_05 12:46

Okay. Okay. Um, you guys are headed to the Vistani camp to see the aftermath of the potential uh. Well, he said he would wait for an opportune moment. You don't know if that has passed, but you did make the recommendation to do it today. We are not helping. When they're least expecting it, you know, broad daylight, whatever.

SPEAKER_03 13:11

This is his own battle.

SPEAKER_05 13:13

You it is currently uh the end of the day as as the sun sets. Obviously, Barovia, no sunset, but um it is getting darker, uh, and it will be very dark by the time you arrive back in Vlachy or the outskirts of it at the Fastani camp. Um, I pre-rolled encounters, you'll be safe. Whoa. That's great. He's really been letting us off. Yeah. It's I mean, there's only a 10% chance at an encounter every hour.

SPEAKER_07 13:49

So that's nice. Um since we know it's gonna be a safe drive. Yeah, this has all been the same day. So Lyriel. Oh, it's been a long day. Um and is kind of uh in the front of the wagon. Uh if she's not actively being spoken to, or if like the wagon rolls over a branch and breaks it um to kind of snap her attention, she is kind of dissociating a little bit, um, kind of thousand-yard staring. And at a certain point in their travel, she will have taken her sword back out of its sheath and is meticulously cleaning off the residual blood because it is quick draws.

SPEAKER_03 14:53

Her hands have to be on the reins.

SPEAKER_06 14:55

No, no, I'm drawing.

SPEAKER_07 14:57

You're asleep.

SPEAKER_06 14:58

That was before.

SPEAKER_07 14:59

What? That was on the on the way to Babla Saga. What the fuck?

SPEAKER_06 15:02

Girl.

SPEAKER_07 15:03

Yeah. Um sorry, I don't listen. So she is meticulously like kind of zoning out and cleaning his blood off of her blade and kind of she's not present.

SPEAKER_06 15:18

Oh man, I got so much money, but I'm gonna be nice. I'm gonna be nice. Y'all get 430 of this. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_08 15:29

I no longer have seven golds.

SPEAKER_06 15:31

Both of y'all. You too, Lerio. You get 430 gold. Nothing for me. You also get, let's see. 430. Hold on a minute. I gotta do some math.

SPEAKER_05 15:46

Quicktar takes out his abacus.

SPEAKER_06 15:48

Yeah, right.

SPEAKER_05 15:51

Oh no, yeah. You get 432. 432. 430 as well.

SPEAKER_08 16:00

You're silly, I like you.

SPEAKER_05 16:02

Well, thank you.

SPEAKER_04 16:03

I'm gonna make a great leader. It's going to uh do very well for our den. I've we haven't seen money like this ever.

SPEAKER_08 16:12

You should put it towards the arts.

SPEAKER_04 16:15

Yes. Well, who knows what life in Barovia will be like once we're finished with this.

SPEAKER_08 16:20

It's going to be so glorious. Maybe you'll be able to see the sun set and the sunrise.

SPEAKER_04 16:27

I don't know how that affects werewolves.

SPEAKER_03 16:31

Would I know?

SPEAKER_04 16:32

Uh you can make a religion check.

SPEAKER_03 16:34

Well, I would know, but okay.

SPEAKER_05 16:36

Yeah, if you would know, then I would definitely know.

SPEAKER_03 16:38

Can you tell me how it would affect? Leo knows Lily doesn't.

SPEAKER_05 16:43

Sun doesn't affect werewolves. Uh, you would know that it doesn't. But it won't affect us. It it would affect them in the way that they could probably only turn at night. Um whereas in Barovia it's kind of always slightly night, so vampires and werewolves and things come out at all hours of the day. Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 17:08

Well, you'd have to be prepared to defend yourself during the day when the moon is not out.

SPEAKER_06 17:17

Mother night guide us. Mother night guide us. Morning Lord Grace. Is that what you say? Is that what you say? Morning Lord Grace. Um like that.

SPEAKER_09 17:30

Yes.

SPEAKER_06 17:32

Hey, you know, I thought about what I might want to do once this is all over. And he's he's trying to think of things to talk about and say to distract you. Because he can he can see your, you know, just a thousand yard stare. You know what? Since this horse, our buddy Jaquis, my boy, he technically belongs to the Mardikovs. Technically belongs to that winery.

SPEAKER_11 17:58

Yes.

SPEAKER_06 17:59

So I think what I'm gonna do, and since his Irwin's childhood home, that the winery is destroyed, I think once this is all over, I think I'm gonna stick around and help them build it back up. And then maybe maybe they'll give me jaquiz as as uh as a thank you for helping me.

SPEAKER_07 18:24

So you don't want to help them out of the kindness of your heart.

SPEAKER_06 18:27

You want to help us in your horse doing it just to make sure we get the horse. No, I know. I would have taken a horse anyway, but I was like, nah, I feel bad doing that. So I suppose I'll help them. But no, I I really do want to help them. They they've done so much for us, and I I want to do this for Erwin. Not for his dad, but for Erwin. Once we plant that seed, maybe we'll give that seed to him so he can plant it himself.

SPEAKER_08 18:52

I think that is a lovely idea.

SPEAKER_06 18:54

Yeah, I think I'll give it to him. But yeah, I think I want to stick around a bit after this is all over and help him build it up. Maybe we'll name it something different too.

SPEAKER_07 19:04

Quick draws winery. I can see it now.

unknown 19:07

No.

SPEAKER_07 19:08

Have my brother paint uh paint a sign. It'll have your face on it. He can get the likeness really well.

SPEAKER_06 19:15

I trust you. But uh we could use your muscle. I'd like it if you would stick around with me too.

SPEAKER_09 19:31

Yeah, I suppose. That would be a nice way to repay them for everything they've done for us.

SPEAKER_06 19:39

Yeah. I'd also just like to have you b have you by me while we do that. I don't know how long it'd take to build up a winery again, but probably a long time before I'd see you again, and I don't really want to wait that long, so you're welcome to come too, Leo.

SPEAKER_07 19:58

I need to go see my mother. It just depends. Do you think we'll get boofed? That's what I was thinking about. I mean, what's what happens if maybe we will. How far away do you are transported here?

SPEAKER_06 20:09

Like some kind of demi plane that he's created. I I don't know. But all these people are I think they're real.

SPEAKER_07 20:15

You know, my map isn't very good. So I really don't know where it's a good idea.

SPEAKER_06 20:19

That is a map of your world, Leah.

SPEAKER_07 20:21

Yes. But no, if if we do if we do have a choice to stay afterwards, I'm sure.

SPEAKER_06 20:34

Yeah. Of course I am. If I wasn't sure, I wouldn't say nothing.

SPEAKER_07 20:44

I haven't decided what I'm going to do. I do. You know, I've mentioned my brother a lot. I haven't seen him in a while and didn't leave on the best of terms last time I saw him, so I think maybe I need to go find him.

SPEAKER_06 21:03

I think you should. Man can happen oftentimes. I don't know where my brother is. He's out making a name for himself in his own way. His name's Big Shot.

SPEAKER_08 21:13

I was going to say, what was his name? I think you've mentioned it.

SPEAKER_06 21:16

Yeah, his name's Big Shot.

SPEAKER_08 21:18

Big Draw.

SPEAKER_06 21:19

Not quite. He's got instead of little crossbows like me, shooting fast, he's got one big bow taller than him. And he shoots like a madman.

SPEAKER_07 21:28

Hence the big shot. My brother also has a giant bow.

SPEAKER_06 21:32

Does he?

SPEAKER_07 21:33

He does.

unknown 21:34

Nice.

SPEAKER_07 21:34

He shoots these really cool arrows of light. I've never seen anything like it.

SPEAKER_08 21:39

I've never seen anybody shoot like him with a bow like that. It's amazing.

unknown 21:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 21:45

Well, I promised you that I would teach you to shoot mine.

SPEAKER_07 21:48

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_06 21:49

Yeah, maybe we can get some target practice.

SPEAKER_07 21:51

I love that idea. I'm not very dexterous. Actually, I think I am. Like if she was alone it would be a lot more aggressive if she is running almost like ironically.

SPEAKER_06 22:27

Her hand and just put it on the bench between us and just hold it in silence.

SPEAKER_09 22:36

I need to get this off.

SPEAKER_07 22:49

Um under your hand hers is you can feel its tension to a fist.

SPEAKER_06 22:56

He'll just keep it there. He'll know that, you know, he feels that she'll come around when it's time, but he's just that's his way of letting her know, like, hey, everything's gonna be fine.

SPEAKER_07 23:12

Leo's at the point now where we've almost died so many times that he's like dissociating in his own way, where he's like, I'm just not gonna think about it anymore. Yeah. For the vault. Yeah, end of the vault. For Leary, it's not um it's not the fact that they died just because that happens every other day here. Yeah. It's it was her mind getting taken over and being used to attack Quick Draw. That is where she that is what she is continuing to see in her head over and over and over again is herself doing it.

SPEAKER_09 23:51

Um maybe that's all do something, but once once we get back to Lucky, maybe I'll be able to talk.

SPEAKER_06 24:12

Take your time, honey. Take your time. Take your time, little lady.

SPEAKER_07 24:21

Leo's playing your favorite song.

SPEAKER_06 24:23

I wanna go by Brittany's favorite song.

SPEAKER_03 24:25

No, it's Hose Depressed by I forget who.

SPEAKER_07 24:32

My thought squad. Yeah, by the thought squad. That's exactly what he's playing. But he's playing like a slow version to like set them. It's like to set her mood so it doesn't piss her off, but it's also her favorite song. So it's like a little gesture to be like, hey, I suck at words, but I love you. She'll hear it. I'm trying not to laugh. She'll hear it and be just thank you. He plays it just a little louder in response to that. There it is.

SPEAKER_04 25:05

Quite the res quite the relationship you all have.

SPEAKER_07 25:09

Very interesting.

SPEAKER_04 25:10

We've been through a lot.

SPEAKER_06 25:11

Welcome to the party.

SPEAKER_07 25:13

We just met him, actually. Doesn't he fit right in? It's like we've known him forever.

SPEAKER_06 25:17

Yes. I feel like I know these guys for a long time.

SPEAKER_04 25:21

Well. My husband, once we rescue him, if he is still alive, he would love the three of you. I think you would all get along with a few.

SPEAKER_05 25:30

We could all have dinner together.

unknown 25:32

Yes.

SPEAKER_07 25:34

I'm not cooking.

SPEAKER_05 25:35

No, he's not.

SPEAKER_07 25:36

No, that would be a very bad, very bad idea.

SPEAKER_08 25:39

I can only make breakfast.

SPEAKER_04 25:42

I can take care of that.

SPEAKER_07 25:44

And you don't want to deal with what happens before he makes the breakfast.

SPEAKER_06 25:49

Legend has it he cooks in only an apron.

SPEAKER_07 25:52

I do.

SPEAKER_06 25:55

What? That is not. Sorry, you had to see that.

SPEAKER_07 25:58

Yeah, thank you.

SPEAKER_06 25:58

And I am a wolf.

SPEAKER_07 26:00

Um, well, it's quite upsetting.

SPEAKER_05 26:04

I just imagine the apron strings getting stuck, and it's poison is not what I was afraid of, but sure.

SPEAKER_08 26:11

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 26:12

Butt particles.

SPEAKER_08 26:14

I'm very clean, don't worry.

SPEAKER_05 26:17

I lick my own, but Jesus. Alright, anyways. Are we there yet?

SPEAKER_07 26:23

That brings Lyrian back a little bit more and she goes, What? You've got to teach me that trick.

SPEAKER_04 26:29

Well, turn into a wolf and you'll be able to.

SPEAKER_07 26:32

I can't do that. Please don't teach him that.

SPEAKER_04 26:34

Would you like to be able to?

SPEAKER_07 26:36

I'm immune, Leo. I can't.

SPEAKER_08 26:38

No thing. He gets a little scared.

SPEAKER_07 26:40

No, no, thank you.

SPEAKER_04 26:42

Just say the word and I'll bite you. I think that might be pretty cool.

SPEAKER_05 26:47

I did not mean it in that way.

SPEAKER_07 26:49

Okay, because you looked at me very flirtatiously, so I wasn't sure.

SPEAKER_05 26:52

That's just me as looking at my wife in real life. That's his woman character face.

SPEAKER_07 26:59

That is his woman character face. It's also the look he gives me. So, oh god, what does that say?

SPEAKER_06 27:06

Oh god.

SPEAKER_07 27:07

He's in character.

SPEAKER_06 27:10

Might take you up on that offer. That sounds kind of cool.

SPEAKER_11 27:13

You want to do that.

SPEAKER_06 27:14

I don't know. Maybe I should read up on it more.

SPEAKER_05 27:17

Already halfway there, it seems. I'm technically a joke about how hairy you are. Alright.

SPEAKER_07 27:25

That makes her laugh. Um I I'm technically immune, I guess, for a few more hours.

SPEAKER_06 27:31

Yes. Yeah, for a whole nother day, aren't you?

SPEAKER_07 27:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 27:33

Almost.

SPEAKER_05 27:34

Half a day.

SPEAKER_07 27:35

It was interesting.

SPEAKER_05 27:36

Good on you for fighting that off.

SPEAKER_07 27:37

Yeah, I kind of table too.

SPEAKER_05 27:39

Yeah, for not many people can do that. Ain't she strong? Of course.

SPEAKER_07 27:44

Okay. She'll roll her eyes at that. Did I tell her that Leo's dad was a wolf?

SPEAKER_04 27:54

No.

SPEAKER_03 27:56

That's that's why he was scared. Yeah.

SPEAKER_08 28:01

Anyway, you're you're a very nice uh werewolf lady. I usually uh haven't had the best luck with werewolves, so this is a nice change of pace.

SPEAKER_04 28:12

Well, I'm glad to have changed your mind a bit about us.

SPEAKER_03 28:18

Leo's thousand-yard staring.

SPEAKER_04 28:21

Had you met only Kirill or only those who follow him, I'm sure your opinion would have stayed the same. It's good that you snuck in deep into our den and met me first.

SPEAKER_07 28:32

It was very uh cathodic to kill him, I'm not going to lie.

SPEAKER_04 28:36

Good. It was very w rewarding for me as well.

SPEAKER_07 28:41

A father's wolf.

SPEAKER_04 28:43

Oh. What? Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_07 28:47

You have? I would have known that already.

SPEAKER_06 28:49

I don't think you have. I don't know. At least not to quick draw.

SPEAKER_07 28:52

What I have known that already, though, because they've known each other for so long?

unknown 28:55

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 28:55

Yeah, quick draw is like. Hold on, hold on. Whoa, whoa, whoa, Jaquis. Whoa.

SPEAKER_07 28:59

Oh, did he not tell you that?

SPEAKER_06 29:01

Turn around on the bench. What?

SPEAKER_07 29:05

Did I not show that?

SPEAKER_06 29:06

Your dad's a werewolf? Did he not tell you? Is he?

SPEAKER_07 29:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 29:10

Is he a good one or a bad one?

SPEAKER_07 29:12

No. He's a very bad one.

SPEAKER_06 29:14

Oh.

SPEAKER_07 29:15

You want to see?

SPEAKER_03 29:16

And he like kind of pulls up his shirt a little bit and he's got some scars running down, like claw marks.

SPEAKER_06 29:22

What the hell?

SPEAKER_03 29:24

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 29:26

I'm sorry, buddy. I am so sorry. Man.

SPEAKER_11 29:30

I already thought he told you. I f I forget that it's not a big thing.

SPEAKER_06 29:33

He hadn't told me. He don't didn't tell me nothing yet. And we we have sleepovers.

unknown 29:39

Oh.

SPEAKER_07 29:39

I thought you would have seen them.

SPEAKER_05 29:42

No.

SPEAKER_03 29:42

We don't sleep with a shirt off.

SPEAKER_05 29:45

Where's a onesie? I'm asleep before you take your clothes off.

SPEAKER_07 29:48

That's a fair assessment. It's safer that way.

SPEAKER_05 29:54

So it looks like we've arrived. Let's see what he did. You see the uh torches of Velocki and the lights in the town uh still lit as the sun has gone. Volki? Yeah. You're right outside of Velocki. Oh, is the camp not on the way? The camp is right outside of Velocki. Like there's two camps. Like right outside the wall. I thought we were going to the camp first and then Velocki. Yeah. So you see you see Velocki in the distance as you arrive at this.

SPEAKER_06 30:25

Ignore me.

SPEAKER_08 30:26

Not only is he bad at map, he's also bad at geography.

SPEAKER_06 30:30

I am so bad at geography.

SPEAKER_07 30:32

That's okay. I failed social studies always.

SPEAKER_06 30:35

I don't know how I ever passed it, bro.

SPEAKER_07 30:36

Dallas tried to point to like different countries on a map, and I was like, nope.

SPEAKER_06 30:40

Oh, yeah, no.

SPEAKER_07 30:41

And I can only name the states where I've been.

SPEAKER_06 30:43

I know the name of like four countries, and that's it. Couldn't tell you where they are, though.

unknown 30:47

Anyway.

SPEAKER_02 30:47

Americans!

SPEAKER_05 30:50

Um the woods part to reveal an expansive clearing, a small grass-covered hill with low houses built into its sides. Fog and just the lack of light obscures the details, but you can see these buildings partially collapsed. Feature elegantly carved woodwork. The decorative lanterns that once hung from their sculpted eaves on the ground. Atop the hill, above the fog, is a ring of barrel-topped wagons, half of them tipped over and destroyed.

SPEAKER_03 31:41

Wow.

SPEAKER_05 31:43

That surround a large tent that has become a massive pyre as a flame, the largest fire you have ever seen. This massive tent at the center of this Pistani camp engulfed. You see one silhouette standing next to it, looking directly into the fire, and then looks down next to him. You see two more silhouettes dragging bodies across behind him. Throw them into the fire. You hear the howling of wolves. That's not good. What once was a an odor of wine and the sound of music playing and laughter is now the smell of blood and the sound of the crackling fire that was once their home.

SPEAKER_03 33:11

That's so awful. I know that they were bad.

SPEAKER_05 33:15

Fukuoka. Just then, two dozen horses now separated and unlatched from their wagons, ride past you, cutting in between you and the Vistani camp. You see the silhouette turns to you watching the sound and catches you. It's impossible to see if this is realistic.

SPEAKER_07 33:48

Is it freaking Enzo or whatever the fuck his name is?

SPEAKER_05 33:51

Rick.

SPEAKER_07 33:52

No. Enzo is stranger things. No, who's the guy? Who's the guy? The guy, the shadow guy. Shadow guy. Ernst.

SPEAKER_08 34:00

Ernst.

SPEAKER_05 34:01

Uh oh.

SPEAKER_03 34:02

Ernst.

SPEAKER_05 34:03

Who knows? He'll have to approach if you want to find out. I don't. I wanna leave. You see somebody you see two silhouettes cleaning up these bodies and everything else is in ruin. Or Tabia might just be cleaning up the wall.

SPEAKER_07 34:17

Lyriel sees her sword and immediately is off wordlessly off the wagon.

SPEAKER_06 34:22

Oh, hang on. We're we'll go up together.

SPEAKER_07 34:25

Sorry.

SPEAKER_06 34:26

It'll be faster, don't worry.

SPEAKER_05 34:27

Come on, Quiz. Yeah. Uh alright. How close do you want to get with the wagon? Uh, until I can make out the until I can recognize the silhouette.

SPEAKER_06 34:39

If it's a, you know, cloaked skulking figure such as Ernst, or if it's a flamboyant, puffy sleeve shouldered outfit of Ritavio.

SPEAKER_05 34:51

Okay. Uh you guys can make perception checks at disadvantage. Oh shit, my trade bitch.

SPEAKER_06 35:00

Oh, that was hey, not 20 and a 19. Let's go. Damn.

SPEAKER_05 35:04

Uh, so 19 for a total of 24.

SPEAKER_02 35:07

14.

SPEAKER_05 35:12

Quick draw. Who is it? Through the gray mists and the smoke billowing out of this fire and just the darkness of the night. You catch as this silhouette is now looking beside it, you catch the side profile. Looks just like those coins you have. Motherfucker, I knew it! And there's no I'm I'm also looking for a silhouette of a saber-tooth, too. Long gone. Oh, we gotta back up, we gotta back up, we gotta go back. You see Strahd at the top of this hill, and on that 24, two of his vampire spawn loading up these Vistani bodies and tossing them into the fire.

SPEAKER_03 36:06

What do you think the odds are that the Vistani were microdosing?

SPEAKER_05 36:10

I think you hear the howls of four dire wolves as they approach.

SPEAKER_07 36:17

What do you want to do?

SPEAKER_06 36:18

Go back. Turn around immediately.

unknown 36:21

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 36:22

He's going to want retaliation. He's going to go to the nearest town.

SPEAKER_06 36:26

That is the man himself. We're turning around.

SPEAKER_03 36:32

What do you think the Vistani would have done once Strahd was dead?

SPEAKER_06 36:36

I don't know. My guess is the Sabertooth did, in fact, get to the camp, and Strahd found out and went to burn the bodies himself.

SPEAKER_05 36:46

You guys turn around. Uh, the wagon takes a couple seconds to do a full 180. By then the direwolves come up behind you and block your path out. Fuck.

SPEAKER_03 37:01

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 37:02

Snarling.

SPEAKER_03 37:03

I knew this was a bad idea.

SPEAKER_05 37:05

As uh Zulika goes, I can take the four of them.

SPEAKER_09 37:15

I can help you.

SPEAKER_04 37:18

Just watch for Straud and his minions.

SPEAKER_06 37:23

Ugh, well, we're no one we're in no shape to take him on. Well, what do you want to do? Run.

SPEAKER_04 37:31

They're not gonna let us pass.

SPEAKER_09 37:33

If you want to take care of them, I can help you.

SPEAKER_05 37:35

Like we can maybe push them aside and clear a path for the two of you and this wagon to get through. Well, we're not gonna leave you behind if you're that's what you're thinking.

SPEAKER_09 37:45

We're just outside of the Yes, if it comes down to it, you have to leave.

SPEAKER_05 37:53

I I can transform and and I'll be fast. I can climb over the walls.

unknown 38:00

Alright.

SPEAKER_05 38:02

Okay.

SPEAKER_06 38:04

Are you sure? You think you can get back to town? You better make it back to town. I'll have your ass.

SPEAKER_09 38:13

Yes. I can.

SPEAKER_07 38:15

I and you can see that she is kind of struggling to find words. I need to do this for you.

SPEAKER_06 38:30

Just a couple of dire wolves and lady. Ain't gonna do nothing.

SPEAKER_09 38:33

I'll have to do something.

SPEAKER_06 38:35

Alright. Just don't go on that hill, you hear.

SPEAKER_09 38:40

It's a shame.

SPEAKER_06 38:41

I was hoping I could find the I would I would love to, but the corpse of the brother is what I was going for. Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, maybe we can discern something when we uh when he leaves.

SPEAKER_09 38:53

Possibly.

SPEAKER_06 38:54

Damn, I was hoping we for some more gems and gold Duran sacked. Serious. Yes, I am serious. Won't you know we might now?

SPEAKER_07 39:05

I do, and I am astounded that you continue to focus only on that.

SPEAKER_06 39:09

Hey, aren't you proud of me? I took all that 1300 gold and d divvied it up between the three of you three of you and gave myself none. Come on now.

SPEAKER_07 39:18

I am quite impressed, but I I don't I don't really need it. So if you would like it, you can have it back.

SPEAKER_06 39:27

Nah, you can have it. It's fine. I got plenty. I'm I got enough now.

unknown 39:31

Okay.

SPEAKER_09 39:31

Well, especially if I do take you up on your offer to stay. It would be a collective amount.

SPEAKER_06 39:42

Mm-hmm. And we're probably gonna need all that money to uh to get the materials to build back that house. Exactly. Till the vineyard, all that all that stuff, but just don't dial me, alright.

SPEAKER_09 39:59

I will try my best.

SPEAKER_06 40:00

Good. Better. I'll kill ya.

SPEAKER_07 40:06

And she'll just kind of give you a look and raise an eyebrow.

SPEAKER_05 40:11

We're gonna roll initiative. Okay. Alright. Quick draw.

SPEAKER_06 40:18

Ooh. God. 15.

SPEAKER_07 40:22

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 40:24

Leary?

SPEAKER_07 40:28

There we go. Um, so with that stone of good luck, I no longer have a minus one to my initiative, so that's a nat 20.

SPEAKER_05 40:34

Let's go. Nice.

unknown 40:36

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 40:37

20.

SPEAKER_05 40:38

Nice. Alright. For once, quick draw is not going first. I rolled a five and a two. Uh, okay. Zulika is actually going first. Uh so she is going to uh use her bonus action. Uh she's well, first she's gonna hop out of the wagon, uh, use her bonus action, and uh turn into a her hybrid wharf wolf form. Warfare.

SPEAKER_07 41:17

I'm a werewolf.

SPEAKER_05 41:18

Um and she is going to use the rest of her movement uh to run up and attack. Hell yeah. The direwolves aren't too bad.

SPEAKER_07 41:26

I love her.

SPEAKER_05 41:28

She is going to hit with her first attack. And she's going to miss with her second attack. The bite is going to hit for 12 damage, bloodying this direwolf. We got that. As it howls and yelps as she runs up and just sinks her teeth into this first one, trying to clear a path for Jaquis and the wagon to go through. Uh that will bring it to Leo.

SPEAKER_07 41:59

Jaquis and the wagon sounds like a band in deep.

SPEAKER_03 42:02

Um, Sacred Flame, so deck 16 to the hurt one.

SPEAKER_05 42:07

Okay. Twelve.

SPEAKER_07 42:18

E and them. Nine. Radiant damage.

SPEAKER_05 42:22

It's hanging on for dear life. It is like barely able to hold itself up as this f radiant energy uh wipes away like half of its fur as you just see these skull burn marks across its body. Um Is that your turn?

SPEAKER_03 42:42

Yes.

SPEAKER_05 42:42

Staying on the wagon?

SPEAKER_03 42:44

Yes.

SPEAKER_05 42:44

Leary.

SPEAKER_03 42:45

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 42:51

She is Um, I'm gonna do one attack into the one that's hanging on. And then the other attack will go into the one next to it.

unknown 43:02

Fuck. Okay.

SPEAKER_07 43:08

I am Yeah, I'm gonna reuse I'm gonna use my inspiration from Leo's clarinet to re-roll that one. That's two sixteen, so it's 24 to hit both. Um, yeah. Uh 14 slashing.

SPEAKER_05 43:30

How do you want to do this?

SPEAKER_07 43:32

Um, she after they have that like don't die, whatever conversation, she like jumps off the front of the wagon and just one smooth movement after it being primed from Zulika and Leo, takes her sword out, just doesn't stop the motion, and just cuts it up the middle.

SPEAKER_05 43:52

Nice. Uh second one.

SPEAKER_07 43:54

Yeah, this one is gonna have a smite attached. Um

SPEAKER_06 44:01

You still have smites?

SPEAKER_07 44:02

First level, yeah. And I have two third levels now. Nice. Um 13 slashing.

SPEAKER_05 44:13

And that's gonna bloody it.

SPEAKER_07 44:19

Um yeah, this would be a divine smite. Six radiant.

SPEAKER_05 44:29

It's very hurt. More yelps ring out. As you turn around and you see Strahd begin to walk towards you.

SPEAKER_08 44:47

It wasn't us, it wasn't us. We didn't do it.

SPEAKER_06 44:52

Oh, I guess it's wolves. Um don't count how far away he is from us. Hmm.

SPEAKER_05 45:18

No, no, no. And he walks up thirty feet. Trying to have an honorable duel with him. Not now. And then disappears into mist. Alright, yes, see uh bitch. Quick draw.

SPEAKER_06 45:38

Okay. Uh one into the one that's barely hanging on.

SPEAKER_05 45:46

Wow. 13 to hit. Uh that's gonna miss. Wow. Yeah, rolled a two.

SPEAKER_06 45:54

Uh one more into that one. There we go. 15 on the die. Uh, and that is. I will get sneak attack on that one.

unknown 46:06

Alright.

SPEAKER_05 46:09

15 damage to that one. How do you want to do this? Right between the eyes. Falls dead. Immediately. And bonus action, third shot into the one on my far left here. 14? 14 just hits. Okay, that'll only be a nice 1d6. Uh, 11 damage. Bloody. As another bolt strikes into this dire wolf.

SPEAKER_07 46:41

The one goes by her head and she just turns and looks.

SPEAKER_05 46:44

You have now cleared a path in the middle for you to be able to get through.

SPEAKER_07 46:51

Uh do you want to go through or do you want us to take care of them?

SPEAKER_05 46:53

The two that are alive. You can move Jaquis as well if you'd like. I'm gonna move Jaquis forward. Okay.

SPEAKER_09 47:05

Oh hello.

SPEAKER_05 47:17

Alright, uh, so you the wagon goes through this gap in these wolves that you have created. Uh, the other two are going to uh lunge at um Quick Draw, who is driving the wagon. Um so two direwolves jump into Quick Draw. They're each going to try to bite They're each going to hit uh for a total of 16 piercing damage as uh two massive bear-sized wolves climb onto the wagon and sink their teeth into both of your shoulders. Damn, you would have the excuse me. You would have the prone condition, but you are in a wagon, so you can't really I'm sitting down. Um And then following them up, the two vampire spawn are going Vampire Spawn uh are going to run up sixty feet just around that massive pyre in the middle. Um and they cannot reach you, obviously, from there, but they are in hot pursuit. Uh that will bring it up back up to Zulika. Zulika's gonna run up and attack the one direwolf that jumped into the wagon. With a bite attack first. 15 just hits, and then a scratch attack. Which we'll miss. Uh, she's gonna do 14 damage to the one that has not been hit yet, bloodying that one. Um that is her turn. Uh that'll bring it to Leo. Leo, you are on the wagon still as these two dire wolves are assaulting Quick Draw.

SPEAKER_03 50:07

Um, I'm gonna Word of Radiance. Wait, are you really hurt?

unknown 50:12

No.

SPEAKER_03 50:13

Okay. Yeah, I'm gonna Word of Radiance.

SPEAKER_07 50:15

Um, so those two have to make um con 16 saving throws.

SPEAKER_06 50:21

Okay. Do I?

SPEAKER_07 50:23

No.

SPEAKER_06 50:24

Nice.

SPEAKER_07 50:25

I get to choose.

SPEAKER_06 50:26

I forgot about my sneak attack assassinate. I would have had advantage on those Darwolves because they hadn't taken a turn yet when I went.

SPEAKER_01 50:34

Brick.

SPEAKER_05 50:36

That is a 11 and a 9.

SPEAKER_07 50:42

Okay, they take um 11 radiant damage each.

SPEAKER_05 50:46

Both of them? Yes. How do you want to do this?

SPEAKER_07 50:49

Um, they just burst into holy fire and they just explode. Yeah. Just explode.

SPEAKER_05 50:55

Okay. Uh both direwolves uh reduced to gore uh splattered over the wheels of this wagon as you are charging through.

SPEAKER_03 51:10

Sorry, I didn't mean to make it that violent.

SPEAKER_05 51:12

Leary. Uh the all of the direwolves are now cleared if you'd like to hop back on the wagon uh or deal with the vampire situation following you.

SPEAKER_09 51:26

Yeah. Uh what am I standing on?

SPEAKER_06 51:32

I know what you're thinking. Get your ass back on the wagon.

SPEAKER_09 51:36

Give me one moment.

SPEAKER_07 51:39

Fuck, I've fallen over. Um, okay. No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no, no. Put me, put me there. Back where I was. I was counting. Um so they are within 25 feet. So I am going to, for the first time, use the holy symbol of Ravenkind.

SPEAKER_02 51:58

Hell yeah.

SPEAKER_07 51:59

And I need both of them to make a DC 15 wisdom saving throw.

SPEAKER_05 52:04

Okay. First one's going to fail. Second one's going to fail.

SPEAKER_07 52:12

They are paralyzed for a minute.

SPEAKER_05 52:14

Good. Uh, you see as you uh charge up your holy symbol of Ravenkind, um, somehow the morning lord, uh, though it is the middle of the night, charges up this energy that shoots out away from you, and these vampire uh spawn just freeze in place as their mouths, you can see they're watering, illuminated uh by this flame, this massive flame that they stand next to, trying their absolute hardest to get out of it, but they cannot. How long did you say that lasts?

SPEAKER_07 52:57

It lasts for a minute.

SPEAKER_05 52:58

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 52:59

Um shall do that in turn. Do we want to take care of them now that they're paralyzed or do you want to leave?

SPEAKER_06 53:09

That was pretty good.

SPEAKER_07 53:12

I think they're going to try and find us. That's what I think as well.

SPEAKER_06 53:15

Well, he know he knows we're in Velocki anyway. He could have sent vampire spawn at us any time. Let's kill him.

SPEAKER_07 53:21

Kill them? Yeah. Okay. She heard the go-head. Um, so this is where I'm a little confused. The symbol is an action, but I have two so can I like do one attack instead of my normal two attacks? Or it would just be that.

SPEAKER_05 53:42

So two attacks is one. Multi-attack would be like your actions.

SPEAKER_07 53:46

Okay. Um you've used your actions. Can I hit the baby section?

SPEAKER_05 53:51

Um paralyzed hits would have an advantage. Yeah. Because they're paralyzed, right? Let me pull it up. I always forget the changes. My cold person paralyzed.

SPEAKER_03 54:07

Oh, also, since it's the symbol of the morning lord, I probably shouldn't have the holy symbol.

SPEAKER_05 54:13

I mean, it's a different morning lord, you wouldn't know.

SPEAKER_07 54:15

I just don't know if it would work. The same if he's a moon player. That's fine.

SPEAKER_06 54:20

It literally wouldn't make a difference. Don't worry about it. Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 54:24

If we also don't want it, that's fine. Like I she can do the amulet and the sword, it doesn't matter. But you're also gonna get closer to the enemies. How far is that? You said 25 feet within 30 feet. Oh, 30 feet. Okay. Oh, they're 25 for me.

SPEAKER_05 54:36

Uh automatically fail, strengthen deck saves. Attack rolls against you have advantage. Any attack roll that hits you is a critical hit if they are within five feet. Oh, five feet, okay.

SPEAKER_07 54:49

Bagada!

SPEAKER_05 54:51

Put in reverse, Jaque's. Put in reverse!

SPEAKER_07 54:54

Okay, perfect. So then I am.

SPEAKER_05 54:56

Also can take actions, bonus actions, yeah. Reactions.

SPEAKER_07 55:00

I am not going to move. And they will both fail their decks 15, so that will be 2d8 of Sacred Flame and two and two the one on my in front of me.

unknown 55:13

No.

SPEAKER_07 55:13

Oh fuck me! Dad! Whatever! Hold on. Um. Then I will bonus action hunters mark.

SPEAKER_05 55:29

And Okay, which one?

SPEAKER_07 55:32

Uh, this one here. Okay.

SPEAKER_05 55:39

Alright, is that your turn?

SPEAKER_10 55:41

Yes.

SPEAKER_05 55:42

Okay. Um. You feel a chill on the back of your neck. No, he's still here. That you have felt before at your dinner.

SPEAKER_08 55:57

Straight. Why would you do the stuff?

SPEAKER_05 56:00

Strahd appears I had a stinking suspicion. His missed form. He grabs the back of your neck, not in the caressing way that he did at dinner, but he grabs it hard. And you feel these ancient hands sinking into your skin. And he comes, brings his face around to look at you and says You're not getting away. No, that's not his voice. You are not getting away this time. Make a wisdom save DC17.

SPEAKER_08 56:46

Christmas should have been me!

SPEAKER_03 56:49

Okay.

SPEAKER_06 56:51

I wish I had rehabs.

SPEAKER_03 56:52

You should have kept your inspiration! Keep your inspiration, guys! Stop using it for stupid things! I want to take them off!

SPEAKER_07 57:00

Umstrom's gonna get ya! That's fine. You gotta buy them. Wha is this like anything to do with like charmed or anything?

SPEAKER_05 57:10

Yes.

SPEAKER_07 57:11

So I'll have advantage. No. And that is a 15 and a 17 on the die, so that's a 24.

SPEAKER_05 57:20

Uh, you feel the charm of Strahd sinking into your brain, but you manage to push it out. Get out of my head. And you see his eyes turn red with frustration. As the you can see the reflection, you are right next to this fire. You see the reflection of this fire in his eyes as he looks at you. His eyebrows sink deep down as he frowns at you. And he goes, If that is how you want to do this, then you will deal with the consequences. Eh? He is going to bite you.

SPEAKER_03 58:11

Okay, hot. Sorry.

SPEAKER_07 58:17

Ripping the table.

SPEAKER_05 58:18

Nineteen to hit.

SPEAKER_07 58:19

Yeah. That'll just do it, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 58:26

That is seven piercing damage and five necrotic damage. Christ. Uh your hit point max is reduced by five.

SPEAKER_09 58:45

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 58:46

And then uh he is going to uh take his clawed fingers and try to dig them into your side.

SPEAKER_01 59:06

Fat us later. It's not supposed to be now. Why would you do this to us?

SPEAKER_05 59:13

Uh he is so enraged and so focused on getting his revenge that he is like out of his own mind. And he forgets that you're wearing armor and just first attack doesn't get into your armor, second attack cannot penetrate. So frustrated as he holds on to the back of your neck still. And that's gonna be his turn.

SPEAKER_07 59:45

I almost slipped into other Lurielle for a second. I was gonna be like, oh, common problem for you. I didn't say that. That was my other character.

SPEAKER_06 59:56

Quick draw. Holy shit. Yeah, he's not having that. Um yeah, he's not having that. He's gonna fire shots into Strahd.

SPEAKER_05 1:00:12

Uh he technically has taken a turn, so I wouldn't have advantage on him. He's taking two turns. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 1:00:24

I can steady aim. Actually, I'm not going to steady aim. I'm gonna fire three shots into him. And I am gonna be using the special bolts. Yeah. Yep. Uh 19 on the die, 14 on the die. So 20. They're both head. Yep.

SPEAKER_03 1:00:49

Be careful.

SPEAKER_06 1:00:50

And another 19 on the die.

SPEAKER_03 1:00:51

Probably an illusion, I think. Great.

SPEAKER_06 1:00:53

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:00:53

And these will all get sneak attack. Um. One, two, three. And then.

SPEAKER_06 1:01:04

Alright, I'm gonna roll the sneak attack damage first.

SPEAKER_03 1:01:07

I thought you can only sneak attack once.

SPEAKER_06 1:01:09

Is that true? Yes. Never mind. I only need one of these then. Sorry. One of those. No, no, no, no, no.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:18

Thank you for thank you for reminding me. I just wasn't really paying attention. I'm just reading Strug's stat block. Okay. So dreadful stri- I'm gonna dreadful strike this too.

SPEAKER_06 1:01:27

Dreadful strike. Sneak attack. Bam. And this is for the first hit.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:37

This is all gonna be piercing damage, right?

SPEAKER_06 1:01:40

Uh technically magical piercing damage, yes. Because of the oil of sharpness, and they're suffered.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:49

20 plus.

unknown 1:01:53

24.

SPEAKER_05 1:01:55

44 damage. Okay. Um that was for the first hit. Got it. We have to 22. Second hit. Oh yeah, I only get that once.

SPEAKER_06 1:02:09

So yeah, they're only gonna be this 5 plus 16. 5 plus 16 is 20, another 21 damage.

SPEAKER_05 1:02:20

Okay. That'll be halved to uh 15. Uh thank you.

SPEAKER_06 1:02:27

I've been using sneak attack damage on all three of my hits in past camp past turns. Whoops. Oh, really? Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:02:34

Oh gosh. My bad. Not not like many times, though. Um with both of those crossbows, you see and hear them thunk into the side of him. He does not look away from him.

SPEAKER_03 1:02:49

He's still locked.

SPEAKER_05 1:02:50

He is still locked in. And he does not flinch a millimeter. Fuck.

SPEAKER_07 1:02:57

This is giving Catherine choices again. This is Emily speaking. Try again. I'm having a crisis. That's really hot. I'm having a crisis. Um quick draw. Lurial is not having it.

SPEAKER_05 1:03:11

The uh vampire spawn are both uh uh one is going to run up to you.

SPEAKER_03 1:03:20

They're paralyzed.

SPEAKER_05 1:03:22

Right, that's right. Sorry.

SPEAKER_07 1:03:23

Actually, they're paralyzed. They can remake the save at the end of their turn, but on their turn they can't do anything.

SPEAKER_05 1:03:30

Um it was a wisdom what?

SPEAKER_07 1:03:32

15.

SPEAKER_05 1:03:33

Okay. Fail.

SPEAKER_06 1:03:37

Fail. Oh man.

SPEAKER_09 1:03:39

Desto paralysis.

SPEAKER_06 1:03:40

Fuck. I would have had advantage on the other two attacks because I didn't.

SPEAKER_05 1:03:45

Fuck!

SPEAKER_06 1:03:45

I keep forgetting my shit.

SPEAKER_05 1:03:47

Zulika, her turn. Um as she turns to you, quick draw. Yes, it is. Okay. Uh and she uh puts her uh front paws deep into the ground and launches herself uh into the air at him. Alright. I just wanted to see if I would quit. Uh she is just out of range. Um she is. Oh Lyrian straw connection.

SPEAKER_03 1:04:42

Girl, why would you do that?

SPEAKER_05 1:04:44

He appeared there.

SPEAKER_07 1:04:46

Um, never mind, I thought that was Zulika for some reason.

SPEAKER_05 1:04:50

Uh so she ran up as much as she could. She's going to uh Bark. Bark She's going to take the help action uh because she can't do anything else. So uh you guys will have advantage at Strahd as she snarls at him and tries to distract him from Lyriel.

SPEAKER_07 1:05:15

He is still locked in once yeah, she has not she heard Zelika running up, she did not avert her eyes, she's staring right back.

SPEAKER_05 1:05:21

Uh Leo.

SPEAKER_07 1:05:22

Is this Ashley Strahd?

SPEAKER_05 1:05:24

Who knows? I would say yes. Let's wound him enough where he'll be like and leave.

SPEAKER_07 1:05:31

I don't know if we can. That's what I'm scared of right now.

SPEAKER_06 1:05:35

We can try. Anything. Try anything.

SPEAKER_07 1:05:53

If you have anything with a deck save that can knock out these spawn, because they're gonna automatically fail the longer they Paralysis.

SPEAKER_10 1:06:00

That is true.

SPEAKER_03 1:06:01

Well, what my my thought was I was gonna cast aura of life so everyone's um resistant to necrotic damage. Um and if you go down then you'll come back up. Um and your hit point maximums can't be reduced.

SPEAKER_07 1:06:21

Okay, so mine couldn't be reduced anymore. Right, then they already have is it worth it, do you think?

SPEAKER_05 1:06:30

Either that or try and do something to get him off some kind of I don't know.

SPEAKER_07 1:06:39

Send Leo in by himself.

SPEAKER_05 1:06:41

Some kind of like, I don't know, command if you have.

SPEAKER_07 1:06:43

I have command, but I'm afraid he's very wise.

SPEAKER_05 1:06:46

He probably is, but yeah. What would Leo do?

SPEAKER_07 1:06:53

Leo's having a crisis, is what Leo's doing. Just really packing on the trauma of this one day. One girl's not at 9 p.m. It's been a day.

SPEAKER_05 1:07:06

Leo's still like, um, I gotta get to my date.

SPEAKER_06 1:07:12

Guys, can we make sure we're back to Volaki by dinner? And we're like on the brink of death. Yeah, sure, buddy.

SPEAKER_07 1:07:20

I still I still think it'll it'll happen. I believe that for you.

SPEAKER_05 1:07:24

Chop chop.

SPEAKER_07 1:07:26

I know.

SPEAKER_05 1:07:28

Come on, thank God.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:30

I'm gonna cast my I'm gonna summon my celestial.

SPEAKER_06 1:07:33

Oh shit.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:35

It shares my initiative count.

SPEAKER_07 1:07:38

Um okay, so what you see is Lyrielle would know. You see the visage of Leo's brother Orion. It's not actually him, but this is who he's conjuring right now.

SPEAKER_03 1:07:57

Um, so you see a dark figure, he's masked with a black mask, he has a black cow, he's just fully covered in black, just you can't see a singular thing. His cape is kind of bluish, but mostly black, and it's covered in these embroidered gold stars, and he has a radiant arrow that he's going to fire in his longbow at Strahd.

SPEAKER_05 1:08:26

Nice.

SPEAKER_03 1:08:31

I should probably do Strahd, right?

SPEAKER_05 1:08:32

Yeah. You'll have advantage on Iron.

SPEAKER_03 1:08:34

Multi-attack.

SPEAKER_07 1:08:36

So I get two attacks here. And I'm gonna use Orion's dice for this. Okay, for the first attack, that's uh um what do I get to hit? Is that my modifier? I I'm so bad with summons. Bonus equals your spells attack modifier. Okay. Which is Lily knows how to play the game.

SPEAKER_05 1:09:17

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:09:18

That's an 18-bit hit.

SPEAKER_05 1:09:20

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 1:09:21

Um the first attack.

SPEAKER_05 1:09:25

That is 2d6.

SPEAKER_06 1:09:32

Um, I will have advantage.

SPEAKER_08 1:09:36

13 damage on the first one.

SPEAKER_07 1:09:39

It's radiant damage.

SPEAKER_05 1:09:41

Okay. Still unflinching. God damn it.

SPEAKER_03 1:09:47

Um, yeah, that's a 22 to hit.

SPEAKER_07 1:09:58

16 radiant damage.

SPEAKER_05 1:10:01

Okay. For the first time, he breaks eye contact and looks to Leo.

SPEAKER_03 1:10:10

Oh no!

SPEAKER_05 1:10:12

Before looking back at you.

SPEAKER_07 1:10:14

Even though Orion hit him?

SPEAKER_05 1:10:18

Yes.

SPEAKER_07 1:10:19

Fuck. Leave him be. This is between you and me.

SPEAKER_05 1:10:22

And it's your turn.

SPEAKER_03 1:10:26

Also, Orion has wings. Even though. Well, he's a celestial. He's got it. Yeah, Orion doesn't actually have wings.

SPEAKER_07 1:10:34

If he is a celestial, can I make him look like what I want him to look like? Is that big?

SPEAKER_05 1:10:39

It probably describes what you can what.

SPEAKER_03 1:10:41

It just has an angelic form.

SPEAKER_05 1:10:42

And yeah, it's flavored up.

SPEAKER_03 1:10:44

Okay.

SPEAKER_06 1:10:46

Flavor it up, gaffeed. Flavor down.

SPEAKER_07 1:10:50

Um she is still having not looked away from him. Going to touch the amulet again. And used and use five charges to cast sunlight.

SPEAKER_05 1:11:04

Whoa. How many charges do you have?

SPEAKER_07 1:11:06

Ten.

SPEAKER_05 1:11:07

Can it has what's sunlight?

SPEAKER_07 1:11:11

Present the holy symbol to shed bright light and a 30-foot radius and dim light for an additional 30. If you expend all the charges, does it poof? No, it resets on everything. Oh, thank god.

SPEAKER_05 1:11:20

Uh you see his skin starts to glow and brown as he's a bit hot.

SPEAKER_07 1:11:32

You challen you challenged a paladin of the Sun Lord. Morning Lord.

SPEAKER_05 1:11:37

Uh, he is going to take some damage at the start of his turn, but it is still yours. Do with whatever you'd like to do. In addition, if you have anything else.

SPEAKER_08 1:11:47

That's so scary.

SPEAKER_07 1:11:49

And I feel so calm.

SPEAKER_06 1:11:51

I know.

SPEAKER_07 1:11:52

It's weirdly calm. I know.

SPEAKER_06 1:11:53

I'm feeling.

SPEAKER_07 1:11:55

I am going to bonus action, lay on hands the extra five charges I got from our level up to give me a little boost.

SPEAKER_05 1:12:06

Strahd takes 20 radiant damage at the beginning of his turn. She's still not looking up.

SPEAKER_07 1:12:13

She's still not looking away. She casts sunlight and then she lay on hands, still looking at him, and just puts her hand back down.

SPEAKER_04 1:12:25

Um he looks at you again and says, You have one more opportunity to give in to me.

SPEAKER_05 1:12:39

Or else you will die. Make another wisdom safe.

SPEAKER_07 1:12:44

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:12:44

DC is 17.

SPEAKER_07 1:12:47

Have advantage.

SPEAKER_01 1:12:54

Make me nervous.

SPEAKER_05 1:12:58

And then she's gonna be like, oh that is an 18.

SPEAKER_07 1:13:03

Oh, he's gonna be so pissed. Two stubborn bitches staring at each other.

SPEAKER_05 1:13:10

Well, yeah, seriously. Okay. Um. That's all he's gonna do with that turn. Bitch. Quick draw.

SPEAKER_07 1:13:30

Shot Bon Zaro bitch.

SPEAKER_05 1:13:31

Oh, that sucked. Um slutty twenty.

SPEAKER_07 1:13:38

That sucked, slutty twenty.

SPEAKER_05 1:13:39

I rolled a one with advantage rolled a one and a six, but it is plus fourteen. So slutty twenty to hit. Uh second attack. Yep. 25. Third attack. Uh 17. 17 hits. Great, great.

SPEAKER_06 1:14:02

Should have hunters marked him. Oh well. First attack, sneak attack.

SPEAKER_01 1:14:09

Oh ten.

SPEAKER_06 1:14:13

Uh sixteen. Fourteen plus sixteen is thirty damage for the first attack. Okay. And the other two No.

SPEAKER_05 1:14:32

Subtract eight from that. Sorry.

SPEAKER_11 1:14:35

Twenty-two.

SPEAKER_05 1:14:36

Twenty-two for the first hit. My bad. Uh, and then for the other two attacks. 24 damage. Okay. All of that halved as well.

SPEAKER_01 1:14:51

Even though they're silver and magical.

SPEAKER_05 1:14:54

Yeah, they changed how that all works in 2024. It's stupid.

SPEAKER_07 1:14:58

Bullshit. I think everything that they did for 2024 rules was fucking stupid and a money grab. Fuck you, DD Beyond.

SPEAKER_05 1:15:11

I love it all. A lot of it's really good.

SPEAKER_03 1:15:14

They ruined Sorcerers.

SPEAKER_05 1:15:16

I like it. I like it a lot. Um, okay. That is Quick Draw's turn. The vampire spawner going to remake that save.

SPEAKER_01 1:15:27

Get off her!

SPEAKER_05 1:15:31

First one succeeds.

SPEAKER_09 1:15:33

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:15:34

Bro's got six. Second one fails. Uh, so you see the one furthest from you on the other side of this pyre uh is freed from his paralysis. But obviously it was the end of his turn, so he cannot do anything. Um Zulika is going to step up and attack Strahd.

SPEAKER_08 1:16:05

Are the vampire spawn in the sunlight?

SPEAKER_07 1:16:08

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:09

Yes.

SPEAKER_07 1:16:10

Oh, so it's 30 feet of bright and then another 30 feet of dip.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:14

They also take 20. Bitch. Okay.

SPEAKER_03 1:16:20

This is where my um actually are coming in handy.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:23

I love it. It's perfect.

SPEAKER_03 1:16:24

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:25

Uh so they each take 20. And that's not as good P as I thought. They do not have disadvantage on saving throws. They have a disadvantage on ability checks, so they still would make that save. Okay. Um, because that would have been. Zulika runs up 66. A couple more feet. So tries to bite Strahd.

SPEAKER_03 1:16:45

We would have died. In the other bite.

SPEAKER_05 1:16:48

That's gonna be a miss. Tries to scratch him. That's also gonna be a miss. Uh she is raging hard.

SPEAKER_03 1:17:00

Sorry. So sorry. You can't say stuff like that around me. Um at the most oh god. What do you mean we have to do that?

SPEAKER_05 1:17:12

Oh, hold on. Before you go, uh oh. Legendary action. Um, Strahd is going to take a legendary action uh to uh try again to dig his claws into you.

SPEAKER_09 1:17:34

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:17:37

My goodness. That's going to miss. Fuck you, Strahd, you still have to be able to do that. These dice are not being kind to me today.

SPEAKER_07 1:17:44

Can you imagine if I tried to do that? I would dislocate all of my fingers. He has nails like mine. Yeah. Um, I'm going to my acrylic. My acrylic. I'm gonna sacred flame strahd. So that's a deck six. No, uh, the bloody. Is one of the vampire spawn bloody? No, I hunters marked it.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:02

That's what that is.

SPEAKER_07 1:18:06

The most hurt vampire.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:07

Both took 20 radiant damage.

SPEAKER_07 1:18:09

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:10

Is he still is the one still paralyzed or no? Yes. Oh, there you go. So he automatically fails.

SPEAKER_07 1:18:17

Yeah, that guy. That guy, that's what I'm gonna do.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:21

What is the save?

SPEAKER_07 1:18:22

Deck 16?

SPEAKER_05 1:18:23

Okay, so yes, he automatically fails.

SPEAKER_07 1:18:31

Nine radiant damage.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:34

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 1:18:35

Is he dead?

SPEAKER_05 1:18:37

No, not even mostly close.

SPEAKER_07 1:18:39

The Vamar's bro?

SPEAKER_05 1:18:40

Yeah. That's crazy.

SPEAKER_07 1:18:41

And then Orion is going to shoot.

SPEAKER_05 1:18:45

I got more HP than you guys. What the hell? How shit.

SPEAKER_07 1:18:48

Orion's gonna shoot the same spawn.

SPEAKER_03 1:18:54

Oh, yeah. And he still has advantage, right? Or was that just the one turn for the help action?

SPEAKER_05 1:18:59

You're just gonna shoot Strahd?

SPEAKER_03 1:19:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:19:03

Uh, he does not have advantage.

SPEAKER_07 1:19:06

Just for Strahd?

SPEAKER_05 1:19:08

Last turn.

SPEAKER_07 1:19:11

Oh, okay, because I was thinking the help action, but if that's that was a one-turn situation.

SPEAKER_06 1:19:17

One turn.

SPEAKER_07 1:19:22

Okay, yeah, that's probably gonna hit him. Uh that's definitely gonna hit him.

SPEAKER_03 1:19:28

Twenty-five to hit.

SPEAKER_02 1:19:29

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_03 1:19:30

Um. I said that wrong. Twenty-two to hit. I'm assuming still hits. Okay. Having an off night. I rolled two ones. Okay. One okay, four, nine radiant damage.

SPEAKER_05 1:19:59

Uh, okay.

SPEAKER_03 1:20:01

Yikes. Um, that is multi-attack, so I'm gonna do it one more time.

SPEAKER_05 1:20:11

Doo doo doo doo. Could let me live!

SPEAKER_03 1:20:15

I was rolling my dice. Jesus!

SPEAKER_05 1:20:17

I thought you already rolled both attacks at the same time.

SPEAKER_03 1:20:20

Twenty.

SPEAKER_05 1:20:21

Twenty hits. I'm doing my best here.

SPEAKER_07 1:20:26

Six and eight thirteen. Radiant dice.

SPEAKER_05 1:20:31

Okay. Nice, nice, nice.

SPEAKER_07 1:20:33

How's he looking?

SPEAKER_05 1:20:35

He's fine.

SPEAKER_03 1:20:36

Yeah, I knew it. Motherfucker.

SPEAKER_05 1:20:38

Uh, though, at the end of your turn, he is going to run out of this sunlight. You said it's 20 feet.

SPEAKER_07 1:20:48

30 feet. 30 feet. 30 feet bright, 30 feet dim.

SPEAKER_05 1:20:51

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 1:20:52

Take your opportunity.

SPEAKER_05 1:20:53

Bro got opportunity. But bro got two opportunity attacks. So he is going to move his speed without provoking opportunity attacks. Ah, fuck you. Of course he is. 30 feet away. And we'll be just out of the sunlight. Uh cower.

SPEAKER_07 1:21:13

Does the dim light not do anything for him?

SPEAKER_05 1:21:15

No. Okay.

SPEAKER_07 1:21:17

Does it move with you?

SPEAKER_08 1:21:18

Or can you move it?

SPEAKER_06 1:21:21

Still sunlight, technically. Still sunlight. So you have to dash his ass away.

SPEAKER_07 1:21:27

If it's 30 feet and he moves 30 feet, wouldn't he still be in it?

SPEAKER_05 1:21:33

Well, she was already five feet. It's coming from the amulet itself. So now he's he was five feet from her, now he's 35 feet from her. Um. And that's gonna be his legendary action, bringing it to Leary. Who's probably just gonna chase him down.

SPEAKER_07 1:21:55

Um actually, what I'm gonna do, this guy's still paralyzed, yeah? Yes. Okay. I'm gonna move here. So now he is still within that 30 feet.

SPEAKER_06 1:22:03

Okay. Well, he couldn't even take an opportunity attack because he's paralyzed.

SPEAKER_07 1:22:06

Yeah, but he's within that 30. Oh. Shroud is again. And I'm going to put both of my attacks into the paralyzed one.

SPEAKER_05 1:22:17

These will both be at advantage and hits will crit. Nice.

SPEAKER_07 1:22:23

The slutty twenty.

unknown 1:22:26

Oh.

SPEAKER_07 1:22:27

Wow. Girls! Um, oh fuck. Hold on. Yeah. Twenty-two to hit.

SPEAKER_05 1:22:42

Uh yeah. Both will crit. Both quit. Ho ho ho.

SPEAKER_07 1:22:47

Um, yeah, I am gonna smite.

SPEAKER_05 1:22:49

Do it ain't do suits, actually.

SPEAKER_07 1:22:54

Uh, we're gonna do it one at a time. Um, okay. Um, and I am going to um yeah, I'm gonna divine smite at a first level again, so that'll be four D eight. That's two sevens and two fives. Um so total, it is I gotta do math.

SPEAKER_06 1:23:51

Big maths.

SPEAKER_07 1:23:54

Forty slashing and twenty four radiant.

SPEAKER_05 1:23:57

Let's go. How do you want to do this?

SPEAKER_07 1:24:00

Strahd let's go and runs away, and the sunlight is coming from the amulet, so she takes one step to the right and just looks at the paralyzed vampire spawn and says, You'll have to do, and just bisects it.

SPEAKER_05 1:24:19

Uh, you see his body erupts uh it with this radiant energy and the sunlight. As soon as you split him in half, just turns to ash right next to this fire. Damn.

SPEAKER_07 1:24:35

Oh, and he was hunter's marked.

SPEAKER_05 1:24:37

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_07 1:24:38

Would have been another five damage.

SPEAKER_05 1:24:40

So 69 damage on that turtlet. Nice. Uh amazing. Um, okay. Is that the end of your turn?

SPEAKER_07 1:24:49

Um how does Hunter's mark? Can I move it after they die? As a bonus action? Oh, I've smited. I smoted it. Never mind. That's it.

SPEAKER_05 1:25:01

Okay. Uh Strahd is going to shout 20 damage the battlefield. He's also going to take a 20 damage. Uh he's going to shout across the battlefield. One more chance.

SPEAKER_02 1:25:17

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:25:20

Wisdom 17.

SPEAKER_06 1:25:22

He said one more chance last time.

SPEAKER_07 1:25:24

He said one more chance than you think he means for himself. He's desperate for any red haired woman he comes across.

SPEAKER_06 1:25:29

Bro has a tight.

SPEAKER_07 1:25:30

I could put a wig on. I could put a wig on.

SPEAKER_05 1:25:36

DC 17 wisdom save.

SPEAKER_07 1:25:37

Okay, I have advantage because I'm an ilf. Wig.

SPEAKER_05 1:25:40

Eelf grow if you fail.

SPEAKER_11 1:25:46

That was a 24. Yay!

SPEAKER_05 1:25:49

Alright. Uh he is gonna. Okay, okay.

SPEAKER_01 1:25:52

One more job.

SPEAKER_05 1:25:54

He's going to turn and run away. Uh, and then turn into his mist form again.

SPEAKER_01 1:26:01

You coward! Get the fuck out of here.

SPEAKER_05 1:26:05

Leaving just the vampire spawn who has just come out of his paralysis. And you for a quick draw point to attack. Point my crossbow at him.

SPEAKER_06 1:26:19

Uh hunters mark his ass, bonus action.

SPEAKER_10 1:26:26

Oh.

SPEAKER_06 1:26:28

Uh you know what? I gotta mark how many bowls I use. Okay. That was for the last turn. I didn't do that. Um 19 to hit. Mm-hmm. And that's a 17 on the die. Uh first attack. Oh, honor's mark. Five plus ten damage. And then because I had advantage, I will get the sneak attack on this one.

SPEAKER_05 1:27:08

Honors mark, sneak attack. Regular. He is also resistant to that damage. Um. 17 damage.

SPEAKER_02 1:27:23

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:27:26

He's still doing fine.

SPEAKER_06 1:27:28

Uh he's not resistant to force, is he?

SPEAKER_05 1:27:32

You haven't tried it yet. Oh, I'm sorry. He is not resistant to that damage. I was still on Strahd's step block. Uh so that I discounted. Um He is vastly outnumbered. Uh, so on his turn, he is going to just fucking run uh towards Castle Ravenloft as fast as he can. Um, which is sixty feet. So he's gonna get sixty feet away. If anyone wants to continue attacking him, you certainly can. Uh or you can let him run away. I'm done. Give me one more. Okay. For good measure.

SPEAKER_06 1:28:17

That's a natural twenty. Oh shit. Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:28:29

Um. That's another 18 damage. Okay. Not enough to kill him, but enough to bloody him. Yep. Just know that I bloodied you. Two bolts in the back as he continues just running towards Castle Ravenloft as quickly as he can. Alright. You are now here at this um site of uh Vistani genocide, essentially.

SPEAKER_06 1:29:04

Uh I will immediately hop off the wagon and run over to Lirielle, knowing how badly she was affected with the first encounter with Strahd. He is definitely worried. So he will hop off and run up to her and kind of look up. Hey, are you alright? You okay?

SPEAKER_07 1:29:23

Um and she will kind of I guess dispel turn off. There's a little button on the side of the ambulance to turn off the sunlight. Um yeah, she'll dispel the sunlight. Yes.

SPEAKER_06 1:29:40

You sure?

SPEAKER_11 1:29:42

Yes.

SPEAKER_06 1:29:44

He'll give an inquisitive look, like, hmm, I don't believe you.

SPEAKER_07 1:29:48

I looked him in the eye. And for a moment I saw fear.

SPEAKER_04 1:29:54

Zulika comes over and says, I I think he wanted something of yours. Obviously he wasn't concerned about attacking us, he really wanted to try.

SPEAKER_09 1:30:09

He has quite the type that I seem to fit.

SPEAKER_07 1:30:14

So I wouldn't be surprised if he was maybe trying to swap Irena for me or charm me into getting her for him.

SPEAKER_06 1:30:22

That is low.

SPEAKER_07 1:30:23

I don't know.

SPEAKER_06 1:30:24

That was awesome what you did out there.

SPEAKER_04 1:30:28

I mean no offense, but it didn't seem like he wanted you. It seemed like he wanted something you have.

SPEAKER_07 1:30:33

I don't know what. He called this and she'll gesture to the amulet. She uh Yeah, like kind of lifts it up a little bit. He called this useless the last time. So I'm not sure I don't have anything else on me that he would possibly want other than that.

SPEAKER_06 1:30:49

And if he's similar Ravencard, he don't like he wants that. Wow, he wants that.

SPEAKER_07 1:30:53

If it's as useless as he thinks it is, I don't know why he would want it so badly. Probably because it will hurt him, so possibly. If he's like, oh, it's useless, you may not try to use it. That's true, he may not use expecting me to use it. He was also not expecting me to force him out of my mind three times.

SPEAKER_06 1:31:12

Three times.

SPEAKER_07 1:31:14

Yeah. I knew you were stronger than that.

SPEAKER_00 1:31:17

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_07 1:31:18

Strong arms, drawing arms. You're too stubborn for him to get into your mind. Yes, I didn't look away, Leo. Did you see that? I was really proud of you. Thank you. Good job.

SPEAKER_04 1:31:27

He fought well. Well, we've shown him that we are too strong to deal with out in the open.

SPEAKER_00 1:31:34

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_04 1:31:35

He will prepare his defenses uh properly for when we fight him in his own home.

SPEAKER_07 1:31:42

It's kind of a fuzzy when it comes to sunlight though.

SPEAKER_05 1:31:44

Coward running away.

SPEAKER_07 1:31:46

True, now that I know I can literally just I never tried that, so I'm glad something happened.

SPEAKER_04 1:31:50

It worked out. The sunlight is very helpful.

SPEAKER_07 1:31:54

Quite useful, very bright. I've I've I've gotten used to the no sunlight here, so that was my eyes are a bit fucked. But maybe we should all like invest in some sunglasses or something. Possibly, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:32:04

What are those?

SPEAKER_03 1:32:06

Do they not exist in this town?

SPEAKER_05 1:32:08

They probably don't exist.

SPEAKER_07 1:32:10

We can make them.

SPEAKER_03 1:32:11

We she can create sunlight out of a goddamn amulet. You're telling me sunglasses don't exist?

SPEAKER_05 1:32:17

Why would they exist in a town that doesn't have a sun?

SPEAKER_03 1:32:19

I just mean in the world.

SPEAKER_05 1:32:22

Uh I want to look around for saber-tooth tracks.

SPEAKER_02 1:32:26

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:32:26

Make a survival check. And uh yeah, just to see where they were going, if they are a part of this pile or not, if they lead into it or something, or drag marks, something like that. A drag path, a twenty, yep, exactly. Twenty-two. That's what I thought. Uh you certainly find plenty of tiger tracks. Um, some of them bloody. Uh you surmise that uh this tiger definitely took some heavy wounds in this fight, but ultimately was the victor and was able to get away. As you see, the tracks eventually lead back to uh the site of wagon tracks uh where he hopped back in his wagon and went back full air going it. And he went over here and then here uh the bounds were cut. But the the tracks largely are at this center uh pyre that used to be um this tent uh where they all kind of gathered. Um the body that Strahd was looking at as you approach um you see though it is very bloody and his body is torn to shreds from tiger scratches and bites, uh it bears a sibling resemblance to the man who I'm gonna do. Come look this morning. You'll lack this. Look who's here.

SPEAKER_09 1:34:10

Fuck him up, Lyriel. Um I'm going to ask that you check his pockets if you'd like to first because there may not be anything left afterwards.

SPEAKER_06 1:34:20

Oh, I was gonna. You didn't have to ask.

SPEAKER_07 1:34:22

Well, go ahead and do it because I have a plan. Leo is smiling because he knows you're gonna be vicious.

SPEAKER_06 1:34:30

What kind of plan?

SPEAKER_07 1:34:31

Search his pockets if you all right, all right, let me see. Just trust.

SPEAKER_06 1:34:34

What do you got in here? He begins his He begins his uh searching for gold song.

SPEAKER_05 1:34:43

What you got in your pockets? What you got in your side? What are you singing? Oh nothing. Uh you find uh you find 14 gold in his pockets, uh, as well as just kind of basic armor. I mean, he's wearing basic armor and and has basic weapons that you wouldn't have any need for nowadays, but um you find two chests, or not two chests, two keys as well. Oh, here's some more keys.

SPEAKER_06 1:35:19

Two keys. One key had that the other guy had one key, and then these keys. I'm gonna hold them up next to each other, all three of them.

SPEAKER_05 1:35:30

Are they of the same design? They are make. They are or they look like the same person might have made them, but they open different locks. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I meant like would these all come from the same building or something like that? Uh yeah. Uh you see, as you're looking around, you see one of the uh the wagons that has been tipped over. Uh you see three boxes, one two chests and one jewelry box uh falling out of this, what must have been their kind of treasure wagon.

SPEAKER_06 1:36:08

Um I wonder if this is the same stuff I sold them before. Or no, that was the other can.

SPEAKER_08 1:36:18

If it is, can I please have the hairbrush?

SPEAKER_06 1:36:21

That was the other can. Maybe that one's gonna be gone too.

SPEAKER_07 1:36:23

I was too drunk. They all look the same. Oh, yeah, yes, you do. Yeah. Much like redheads. Are you good?

SPEAKER_06 1:36:29

Yeah, you got 14 gold here, but look over here.

SPEAKER_07 1:36:32

One one moment. And she's gonna look at the corpse of the brother of the man that tried to kill both of them this morning. And I don't know if it me above table, I don't know if it'll do anything. But Lyriel is going to do a prayer similar to what they did for Ismark's father in the hopes that this man will not be reincarnated. And then she is going to sacred flame his body until it is ash.

SPEAKER_10 1:37:01

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 1:37:06

All right, they're all gonna be reincarnated. I feel a little less bad.

SPEAKER_06 1:37:09

Maybe. Yeah, maybe he was Strahd was just like toss in the fire.

SPEAKER_05 1:37:14

Oh, toss in the fire. You can see that there was no um, like Strahd was not going to let the uh vampires drink the Vistani's blood. He has some sort of pact with them, and obviously he was very frustrated that you all were a part of the killing of what what would he know?

SPEAKER_03 1:37:42

Um everything apparently.

SPEAKER_05 1:37:44

He didn't have much time to talk about it uh as he was trying to work his way into Liriel's brain for whatever reason. But yeah, you're being real cryptic about that.

SPEAKER_06 1:37:54

It sounded like he wanted something that but not you.

SPEAKER_07 1:37:58

She's had just about enough of people trying to get into her brain.

SPEAKER_05 1:38:03

It just seemed like uh like he obviously was very focused on you and not we were all attacking him and you think he wanted her soul? If he wanted just you, he would have just taken you, I think. Right.

SPEAKER_07 1:38:17

Yes, he was gripping quite hard. He when we met him before, it was a much more leering um approach that he took to me. This was he was angry. And I felt it. But he has to try a bit harder than that.

SPEAKER_06 1:38:39

What would you have that he wants?

SPEAKER_07 1:38:42

Red hair. Your soul booty that won't quit.

SPEAKER_06 1:38:49

Nice brack.

SPEAKER_07 1:38:50

Is that your impression of full eyes? Yeah, they do that. Thank you, Leo. You're welcome. I just I see all of your assets. A wondrous mind. She can keep him laughing all night.

SPEAKER_06 1:39:02

I see that.

SPEAKER_07 1:39:03

You know, she'd probably torture him. Would you say?

SPEAKER_06 1:39:06

I didn't say anything yet.

SPEAKER_03 1:39:09

Leo's eyes. And he needs to go see Mira.

SPEAKER_10 1:39:17

What's in this treasure card? What do you got?

SPEAKER_07 1:39:21

The compliments were very nice, and now they're getting a bit weird. And I need you to not look at me. You know, I I do think I need to rein it in. Yeah. I do appreciate everything, and I do agree with everything you said. Thank you. However, oh, I still meant it. Oh, I know. Don't look at my eyes. Okay. Leo sometimes gets weird.

SPEAKER_03 1:39:43

Sometimes it gets carried away.

SPEAKER_07 1:39:45

It's one of those things where they're very platonic, but like once he starts talking about a woman, all he sees is woman. Yeah. He's not like Lyriel's gone, he's just picturing woman. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:39:56

Umside of the treasure wagon, you find a wooden chest uh that you pop open with one of the keys contains uh 1,200 straud coins. Whoa. God damn. You find an iron chest that contains 650 gold coins.

SPEAKER_07 1:40:15

Hell yeah.

SPEAKER_05 1:40:16

Now this is mine.

SPEAKER_07 1:40:19

And so you're making a profit off of what you split up with us last time. You two can open a bank account together. What? What?

SPEAKER_05 1:40:29

An Onyx jewelry box with gold filigree that's probably worth quite a bit. Uh contains six pieces of cheap jewelry and a small uh red potion uh in an unlabeled crystal vial. Um what could this be? A potion or sorry, a wooden throne with gold inlay and decorative stones is also spilled out onto the floor. Um people get this stuff. A rolled up ten foot square rug with an exquisite unicorn motif. Worth quite a bit as well. What the hell? Yeah. Uh these are all you can all load those into your wagon if you want. Sure. Fuck yeah.

SPEAKER_07 1:41:15

Unicorn, is there with a rug?

SPEAKER_05 1:41:16

Let's see if we can find and a couple of wagons that have not been destroyed. You can take a second wagon if you want.

SPEAKER_03 1:41:24

Yeah. Leo loves interior design. And then finally, it's not because he's kind of gay.

SPEAKER_05 1:41:29

Finally, a small wooden box that contains 12 other uh potions in stoppered gourds. Oh my gourd.

SPEAKER_07 1:41:40

I'm glad Emily's writing this down because I'm not gonna put this in my inventory until uh this episode releases and I listen back. Yeah. I got it. I got one of it.

SPEAKER_06 1:41:50

Man, all these strad coins. I hadn't even gotten to use them yet.

SPEAKER_07 1:41:53

Yeah. I really don't know why we would use them other than the tavern, which as I said earlier today, we already stay there for free.

SPEAKER_08 1:42:04

I mean, there's got to be a conversion rate on these things.

SPEAKER_07 1:42:06

Possibly. Maybe or just like give them to the Marticos while they're still. Yes, we could give them to the people in need of them. Do you think this currency is going to be useless once he's dead? Or do you think it's going to be like I don't know. Earlier we spoke about maybe American money isn't a thing.

SPEAKER_06 1:42:22

Yeah, we can melt it down or it'll it'll fizzle out like the penny.

SPEAKER_07 1:42:25

Possibly. Like what what what's a penny? That's exactly what I was about to say. I love when you say like above table stuff in your character voice because I would be like, What are you talking about?

SPEAKER_06 1:42:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_07 1:42:39

What did you go? What's a penny? What is a penny?

SPEAKER_06 1:42:43

I gotta find someplace to sell all these gems and fancy boxes.

SPEAKER_07 1:42:47

You can keep their gem for your collection. Try the board crack. Or I can buy it from you if you'd like. Let me see what I can offer. That's a really good quick draw impression, Leo. Oh, thank you. I've been working on it.

SPEAKER_06 1:43:00

Yeah, don't do that.

SPEAKER_07 1:43:03

Yeah. It feels familiar in a way. Yeah, it feels comforting. Yeah.

SPEAKER_06 1:43:07

Yeah. Well, I got I can't sell them here because they don't got jack shit to trade. Or money to get me.

SPEAKER_09 1:43:14

They're also all dead.

SPEAKER_06 1:43:15

No, no, I mean the people of Balaki.

SPEAKER_09 1:43:18

Oh, gotcha.

SPEAKER_06 1:43:19

Yeah, they're like, hey, I have this gem worth 100 gold.

SPEAKER_05 1:43:22

And he's like, I can give you five copper. That was in the village of Boravia. It was. Yeah.

SPEAKER_11 1:43:30

Maybe. So maybe you might be able to find someone here.

SPEAKER_05 1:43:32

Doubtful. I'll try.

SPEAKER_08 1:43:35

Appa. Um he's looking for the fish. Look at him. I've got to find it. Where the fuck is it?

SPEAKER_05 1:43:44

He must be a part of the group.

SPEAKER_08 1:43:45

Oh, sweet boy.

SPEAKER_05 1:43:47

Um as you guys uh walk away from this carnage and towards the village of Locky. Uh you roll up with your wagon full of supplies and uh treasures that you've acquired. Uh the guards stick out their pikes. Uh they think we did it. I bet you anything. Stop there!

SPEAKER_11 1:44:20

What's us now?

SPEAKER_05 1:44:23

I know it's you. It's exactly why you must stop. Great. The Burgermaster has called for your arrest.

SPEAKER_08 1:44:32

Oh my god. Why now? We've been gone an entire day. Because we've been sulking? Are you fucking kidding me?

SPEAKER_05 1:44:39

No, worse than that. Much worse.

unknown 1:44:42

What?

SPEAKER_05 1:44:42

You want to tell us why? You've aligned yourself with that genocidal old man and his tiger, which has just ran through the entirety of the Vistani camp, killing everyone.

SPEAKER_08 1:44:57

The Vistani align themselves with Strahd. You do remote enemies.

SPEAKER_05 1:45:02

That is neither here nor there. I think it is there. It's very right here. We have been commanded to arrest you if we are to see you. Let us speak to him. Lay down your arms. What if you will take you to the jail and you can speak with them if he wishes to.

SPEAKER_09 1:45:21

What if you didn't see us?

SPEAKER_05 1:45:23

We do. What if you didn't?

SPEAKER_07 1:45:27

And Lyrielle will show 300 of the gold that Quick Draw gave her earlier.

SPEAKER_05 1:45:35

Gold that you stole from these dead Vistani.

SPEAKER_07 1:45:38

No, this came from a different location.

SPEAKER_05 1:45:40

What location?

SPEAKER_07 1:45:41

Where did we get that? Our home.

unknown 1:45:43

No.

SPEAKER_07 1:45:44

Our home. I've already forgotten. Where did we get the fucking 1300 from?

SPEAKER_06 1:45:47

An old hag's hut.

SPEAKER_07 1:45:48

Babala Saga.

SPEAKER_06 1:45:50

Ruins of Berez.

SPEAKER_07 1:45:52

She stole one of the seeds that makes the wine. Which we did retrieve. You'll have plenty of wine soon.

SPEAKER_05 1:46:00

Make a persuasion check.

SPEAKER_07 1:46:02

All of us?

SPEAKER_05 1:46:03

Uh yeah, since you're all chiming in. Two successes will get you through.

SPEAKER_07 1:46:08

I'm guiding myself too.

SPEAKER_05 1:46:10

Uh 12.

SPEAKER_07 1:46:11

Did you say with advantage?

SPEAKER_05 1:46:13

I did not.

SPEAKER_07 1:46:14

That is that's fine anyway. 23. 17.

SPEAKER_05 1:46:25

He walks over to you. Spear. Uh he puts it down to his side, he walks over. Three hundred gold for me not to see you.

SPEAKER_11 1:46:37

Yes. I can throw into Melectrum as well, if that would.

SPEAKER_05 1:46:43

Hand it over.

SPEAKER_11 1:46:44

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:46:45

And be on your way.

SPEAKER_11 1:46:47

And she will.

SPEAKER_05 1:46:48

That's a good man.

SPEAKER_11 1:46:49

How many more guards are there?

SPEAKER_05 1:46:52

There's only one right outside here right now. So there's you've probably seen a dozen more inside the town. Plus Izek.

SPEAKER_11 1:47:03

Well, we're going straight into the city. It's late.

SPEAKER_05 1:47:05

We just gotta keep our hands. Oh, he wants you to leave. He doesn't want you to come in.

SPEAKER_06 1:47:15

Uh I misunderstood that.

SPEAKER_05 1:47:17

300 Well, he would lose his job if he let us in. You're gonna have to bribe quite a few more guards. Why don't you escort us to the Burgermaster and we can speak with him directly? And lose my job and possibly my head. Well, you're the one that brought him to us for him to arrest directly.

SPEAKER_06 1:47:46

It's a voluntary turning ourselves in. You'd be rewarded.

SPEAKER_11 1:47:52

Might result in a boon for you.

SPEAKER_05 1:47:54

I can do that if you put all your weapons in the wagon. Don't take them with you.

SPEAKER_03 1:48:02

Can't fight any more guys.

SPEAKER_05 1:48:04

That's the only way this is gonna work. I've been instructed to arrest you all. And if they see just one guard with a pocket full of gold and people walking through with weapons, then they're gonna think I'm in on it, and I can't have that. So you think we kill all them Bastani? I think you've aligned yourself with the old man that did. And it doesn't matter what I think. I we all thank you for everything you've done for this town, of course. Well, mostly the wine. You want any more of that? Of course, but well you won't get it if we don't this isn't up to me. The decisions are not to be made up to me. This is this is for this is the Burgermaster's decision.

SPEAKER_07 1:49:05

Are you aware that two of those fist one of those fistani infiltrated your walls and tried to kill us just this morning?

SPEAKER_05 1:49:13

Fistani are allowed to come in. Even though they're Strahd's allies.

SPEAKER_07 1:49:19

Apparently that doesn't matter.

SPEAKER_08 1:49:21

Literally no sense. They're you're the Vistani, Strahd's allies are allowed in. I don't us, the ones who aligned ourselves with a man who killed all of the Vistani aren't allowed in, even though that helps your town.

SPEAKER_05 1:49:32

Well, again, I can't.

SPEAKER_08 1:49:32

The Burgemaster is a fucking idiot.

SPEAKER_05 1:49:34

I do not make the decisions. The Burgomaster makes the decisions and the calls for who is to be arrested, who is to be let in, and who is to not be let in.

SPEAKER_08 1:49:41

I think you should get the reality gold back and take us to I do not see the Vistani as allies of Strahd.

SPEAKER_05 1:49:49

But that is again neither here nor there. All right, all right. If you lay down your weapons, put them in the back of the wagon and come with me. We can talk to the Burgermaster together. All right.

SPEAKER_07 1:50:03

I think that we should get the gold back. Um, above table, is this just the three of us or is Zulika included in that?

SPEAKER_05 1:50:09

Uh Zulika is not included in it.

SPEAKER_11 1:50:11

Zulika, could you maybe watch the wagon while we deal with those?

SPEAKER_08 1:50:16

Of course. Could you go to it? Could you go to the tavern? There's a woman named Vera there. Tell her I'm sorry, but I'm at her boss's house.

SPEAKER_05 1:50:24

You want me to watch the wagon or do you want me to put the wagon into the tavern? We want you to um you know take the wagon in, park it at Erwin's, the blue water in. I'm sure I'll be able to find it easily.

SPEAKER_07 1:50:39

Wait, what time is it?

SPEAKER_05 1:50:41

It is probably 9 p.m.

SPEAKER_07 1:50:44

So she's probably at the tavern. We may have we may have time. We may be able to do that.

SPEAKER_05 1:50:50

What am I supposed to tell? This is uh Vera.

SPEAKER_08 1:50:53

She's kind of pretty.

SPEAKER_05 1:50:56

Okay.

SPEAKER_08 1:50:57

That's what he described Vera.

SPEAKER_05 1:50:58

She's uh got a mate outfit on, probably.

SPEAKER_08 1:51:00

Yes, mate outfit.

SPEAKER_05 1:51:01

All right, I'll I'll just announce it. Am I should I not announce that I'm here for okay. Well, I will speak to the barkeep. If she knows Vera, then she will point me in the right direction. If not, I will just say I'm here for Vera.

SPEAKER_07 1:51:18

They're always helpful, so happened.

SPEAKER_06 1:51:24

Tell them what happened to her.

SPEAKER_08 1:51:25

I don't guys, I don't I don't even really want to sleep with her anymore. I just feel bad.

SPEAKER_06 1:51:30

It's alright. It's alright. Maybe she'll change your mind when you see her.

SPEAKER_05 1:51:33

She's very, you know, she can be very seductive.

SPEAKER_08 1:51:36

Conscience.

SPEAKER_05 1:51:37

Well, let's hurry this up before someone sees us. Yep, yep, yep. So you take the wagon in and tell her when what's going on with us two.

SPEAKER_07 1:51:43

Also, if you have Genys there, the hunter, maybe make sure he doesn't hear it. We're throwing a lot of names at her. Um you have Geni, they're very easy names. Um Yeah, Larry will take their sword off.

SPEAKER_05 1:51:57

Uh she heads off. Uh everyone, do you put all of your weapons? My weapons. Okay. Can I hide one of my grogman? Make a sleight of hand check.

SPEAKER_07 1:52:08

Guidance. You know it'd be funny. If the celestial Orion goes with He's only here for an hour.

SPEAKER_05 1:52:19

25. Okay. Does it specify a distance that he can be away from you or anything?

SPEAKER_07 1:52:24

I imagine we're still within if we're No.

SPEAKER_05 1:52:27

Okay.

SPEAKER_07 1:52:27

Are you doing oh, you're I thought about guidance and I was like, well, I assume we're still sitting next to each other? Yeah. She just real quick.

SPEAKER_05 1:52:34

What'd you get? Pat. 25. Okay. Uh, yeah, you can sneak a weapon in. Cool. Um you're sending Orion in with the wagon. Okay.

SPEAKER_08 1:52:44

Take take my brother with you. He might just vanish in like a couple of minutes. Leah's having a bit of a crisis.

SPEAKER_05 1:52:50

Can he talk? No. Okay.

SPEAKER_08 1:52:52

Brother, I miss you.

SPEAKER_05 1:52:53

He's just this looming celestial. With wings.

SPEAKER_07 1:52:57

Similar to the real. Yeah. Just looming, not talking. The real. I really think that, like, you know, I know he's kind of just like celestial robot, but that's him, right? It's yeah. With wings. It's a bit yeah, it's a little uncanny. He's got the same personality and everything. Yeah.

SPEAKER_04 1:53:13

Alright. I might have to rough you up a little bit.

SPEAKER_05 1:53:16

Uh just sell it.

SPEAKER_03 1:53:18

He's already roughed up from stroke. Right? Yeah. You got her.

SPEAKER_05 1:53:22

Just if we're walking in, I might have to push you around.

SPEAKER_07 1:53:25

Uh-oh. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh.

SPEAKER_05 1:53:26

Do you do your thing when you're going to go?

SPEAKER_07 1:53:27

You can push me around if you'd like.

SPEAKER_05 1:53:31

This is not the time.

SPEAKER_03 1:53:33

Is he handsome?

unknown 1:53:35

No.

SPEAKER_03 1:53:35

Whatever. Leo doesn't discriminate.

SPEAKER_05 1:53:39

Yeah, do what you gotta do, whatever.

SPEAKER_06 1:53:41

Whatever.

SPEAKER_05 1:53:42

I just want to speak to him. Uh you arrive at the Burgamaster's mansion. Um you see two guards outside with kind of nod to the guard that brings you in. Um one of them goes inside to fetch the burgamaster. Uh the burgamaster comes back out.

SPEAKER_04 1:54:08

Oh yes. Uh finest friends.

SPEAKER_08 1:54:15

Mm-hmm. Do you often like to see our friends like going to prison?

SPEAKER_04 1:54:22

I don't like to see an entire encampment of Vistani wiped out in a single fucking day.

SPEAKER_05 1:54:29

Who's to say alright. Who's to say we did it? I don't know if you did it or not. I don't know if you were in on it or not. But that's why I've had you brought before me. All right. The last time we saw that man and that tiger, he was being helped by the three of you.

SPEAKER_11 1:54:49

Yes.

SPEAKER_05 1:54:50

Well, that's because I'm a ranger and I can coax animals into, you know, calming down. You told me that you are friends with him. We did.

SPEAKER_02 1:54:57

And kind of lied.

SPEAKER_05 1:54:59

We found through our investigations that that is true.

SPEAKER_07 1:55:06

What investigations?

SPEAKER_05 1:55:08

Asking around. Are you going to further deny that you are associates or friends with this man? No. Are you going to deny that you had anything to do with this attack on the Vistani? We did not, actually.

SPEAKER_11 1:55:29

No.

SPEAKER_06 1:55:31

And here's why. He already had this plan before he even met us. Yes. He just told us of the plan.

SPEAKER_07 1:55:37

One of the first words we've got to do.

SPEAKER_05 1:55:38

We said, whoa. And that's about it. And when did he tell you about this? Why didn't you come forth and report it?

SPEAKER_07 1:55:45

Well, it was right after we first met him. And shortly after that we were arrested for frowning. So forgive me if it slipped my mind.

SPEAKER_03 1:55:52

Also didn't really feel like our business.

SPEAKER_05 1:55:54

Make a deception check for me. Couldn't really get it to you.

SPEAKER_07 1:55:56

He sells my guidance. Okay, cool.

SPEAKER_05 1:55:59

Anyone else wanna?

SPEAKER_07 1:56:01

I have plus four.

SPEAKER_01 1:56:02

Okay, do it, please. I have zero.

SPEAKER_05 1:56:04

Have the help action.

SPEAKER_07 1:56:06

Okay. Leo, would you like to guide me? Slaps me on the forehead. Slap you on the ass. Oh. Oh my god. Okay.

unknown 1:56:15

Tink.

SPEAKER_03 1:56:17

It's like a little too hard though, like how like when I go up the stairs and my sister is on the stairs behind me and she smacks my ass. It's one of those situations.

SPEAKER_07 1:56:28

It's not like sexual.

SPEAKER_05 1:56:29

I know all about that. Do you actually think that is a seven? She goes, Jeez, yeah. Seventeen?

SPEAKER_07 1:56:40

Seventeen. Girls.

SPEAKER_05 1:56:45

Well, regardless, I'm sure you have more information for us.

SPEAKER_11 1:56:50

Yes.

SPEAKER_05 1:56:50

Come inside. Okay. Alright. You are escorted by these three guards to the uh um what's it fucking called?

SPEAKER_02 1:57:09

What's it called?

SPEAKER_05 1:57:11

Uh no. Please know the library.

SPEAKER_02 1:57:20

Okay.

SPEAKER_05 1:57:21

Um you see floor to ceiling shelves along the walls of this windowless room. Uh a number of books, nothing short of astounding. The brass oil lamp sitting atop a large desk in the center of the room illuminates it. Uh, and you see uh the baron or baron uh the the burgamaster sits on a comfortably padded chair uh and snaps, and you see two mastiffs uh join him sitting next to him uh and then you are pushed by these three guards onto these three chairs in front of his desk.

unknown 1:58:08

Comfortable.

SPEAKER_05 1:58:09

The burgamaster um grabs a handful of papers, kind of rifles through them. So the three of you associates with this man, we've been through this. You've helped him escape our investigation when when his tiger almost ravaged the entire village of Volaki due to the Walkter Brothers. And they have been punished over these past few days. Ah, yes, here is Ezek now. And Ezek walks in and says They have been punished very well.

SPEAKER_07 1:58:53

Oh my god, you seem like you had a little too much fun with that. Yeah. I'm interested to hear your techniques actually.

SPEAKER_04 1:58:59

The joy comes from justice.

SPEAKER_07 1:59:03

I'm sure. Hey Isaac, you like redheads?

SPEAKER_04 1:59:06

Screams.

SPEAKER_03 1:59:08

So you like screams and redheads.

SPEAKER_05 1:59:11

What do you mean?

SPEAKER_03 1:59:13

I just get a vibe from you.

SPEAKER_05 1:59:17

Burgermaster goes, do not address Isek. The three of you must give me any information you have on this man, on his whereabouts, on the whereabouts of his tiger in order to be set free. If you do not give me any sufficient evidence for his arrest or whatever punishment we deem worthy of this, he's killed b dozens of Vistani on this very night. His punishment will be a hard one to bear. But if you do not help us bring him to justice, you will be brought to that same justice.

SPEAKER_08 2:00:09

Can I just ask a question before we do that? Why do you care?

SPEAKER_05 2:00:14

Why do I care that people staying right outside of my town were murdered m in a gruesome, horrific way?

SPEAKER_08 2:00:25

They aligned themselves with Strahd. Strahd himself came and burned the bodies.

SPEAKER_07 2:00:30

Do you have any proof of that? Yes. Yes. Liriel will make her hair and show the nail marks on her neck from where he grabbed her. He bit you too. He also sees bite marks.

SPEAKER_05 2:00:43

And how am I supposed to know that came from Strahd, not any old vampire?

SPEAKER_08 2:00:49

We could kill you and turn you into vampire.

SPEAKER_07 2:00:51

Um, I'm just kidding. No, pretend I didn't say that. Is there a way? Above table, is there a way that we could show? I'm trying to think. Would that same like what while I still my hit points are down still? Would I still have some visible like necrotic, like specific to straw, necrotic damage? Life drainage.

SPEAKER_05 2:01:16

Not that any of these people would recognize and be able to tell like a vampire bite from a stradd bite.

SPEAKER_07 2:01:24

Um Leo, can you detect magic on my neck? Or something. I don't know. Would that work?

SPEAKER_05 2:01:33

That wouldn't really I figured not. Um whether you were attacked by Strahd or not.

SPEAKER_07 2:01:39

I was.

SPEAKER_05 2:01:40

Does he have any specif like specific We have no proof of the Vistani being allied to Strahd? You are newcomers in this land. We have been here for all of our lives. A generation's going back. They've kept it secret for a very long time.

SPEAKER_11 2:01:56

You took the Vistani sword after he tried to kill you.

SPEAKER_05 2:02:00

I did.

SPEAKER_11 2:02:00

Show it to them.

SPEAKER_05 2:02:01

Well, it's in the wagon. And what does a Vistani sword have anything to do with this?

SPEAKER_11 2:02:07

One of the Vistani came into Velaki this morning and tried to assassinate Quickdrani. And why would you under the direction of Strahd? Because we're getting a bit too close for his comfort, and he thought best to take us out while we were separated.

SPEAKER_05 2:02:21

Make a persuasion check, please.

SPEAKER_06 2:02:24

He said they have the help everyone he had been contracted to kill us. There we go. And you know what else? A Vastani came running along with a coffin with my name on it.

SPEAKER_05 2:02:51

This all sounds very made up.

SPEAKER_07 2:02:54

Is a 26 persuasion. But under the direct orders of Straud himself. He instructed them to make our initial meeting with him a safe one, and he just as quickly took that protection away and instructed them to kill us.

SPEAKER_05 2:03:16

Okay. So the Vastani, according to you, are allied with Strahd.

SPEAKER_07 2:03:26

You could you could ask anybody.

SPEAKER_05 2:03:28

What I need is for this old man to be brought to justice. It does not matter whether the Vistani were allied to Strahd. That is good information to know going forward. We will not allow them into our village going forward. And if they were on guided by Strahd to kill the three of you, and if they were planning on even more devious things around my village, then it is good that they are not here anymore. What is not good is a village full of innocent Volakians having to deal with the strife of the smell of blood, the threat of a tiger, let alone the wolves that are outside. Everyone in the town is now frightened to death. I could have made many, many arrests today based on the malicious unhappiness that I have seen around my village, but have not.

SPEAKER_04 2:04:45

I have given everyone a pass because this tragedy was so gruesome. And it was very close.

SPEAKER_07 2:04:53

And the term malicious unhappiness.

SPEAKER_05 2:05:36

So you'd like to help us bring this man to justice.

SPEAKER_06 2:05:43

Sometimes you gotta save your own ass.

SPEAKER_07 2:05:46

I mean, we really would like to help, but unfortunately, after he left with the saber-toothed tiger after the incident at the festival, we did not see him again.

SPEAKER_05 2:05:57

Make a deception check.

SPEAKER_07 2:05:59

We do.

SPEAKER_08 2:06:00

Help me. Help me!

SPEAKER_05 2:06:01

You said that all your own. You were gonna turn him in.

SPEAKER_08 2:06:04

I don't want to. He can help us.

SPEAKER_06 2:06:06

I think he can save his own. I think he's fine. He's got a saber tooth. Yeah, you'll have Leo. Got the tricks up his sleeve.

SPEAKER_07 2:06:13

I'll talk if you need it. Do you need the help? I also wait, I have inspiration. Do you want to use that first?

SPEAKER_05 2:06:20

Did you not just roll?

SPEAKER_07 2:06:22

I did, but I have inspiration.

SPEAKER_05 2:06:23

Okay. What'd you get?

SPEAKER_07 2:06:25

Three.

SPEAKER_08 2:06:28

Thirteen.

SPEAKER_05 2:06:33

It took you so long to do that, I forget what you even said.

SPEAKER_07 2:06:36

I said that we didn't see him after.

SPEAKER_05 2:06:43

So he leans in further. You helped him get away and didn't see him after. And now all of this happens. You go and clean up all the scraps, all the treasures that the Vistani left. And says who? And you mean to tell me you had no communication with him?

SPEAKER_08 2:07:13

It was very convenient. We were passing the camp on our way to it.

SPEAKER_05 2:07:16

Too convenient.

SPEAKER_06 2:07:17

I told you he had already had this plan. Too convenient before we met.

SPEAKER_07 2:07:21

He had the plan. We helped him leave. We helped him leave to save your. He let us know multiple times that no matter what we said to him, he would not deviate from that plan. He enacted that plan without our knowledge. And the path that we took to get back from the ruins of Berez, where we got the other wine jewel, by the way, we passed by the camp and saw that his attack was successful. Of course he started here because that's where he had been staying the longest.

SPEAKER_05 2:07:47

The point still stands that you obviously know where he stays. You obviously knew about this plan and did not report it. Regardless of how you feel about the Vistani themselves, you did not report this crime, this gruesome, horrific crime to the guards or the burgomaster or anyone. Well, that's because we just stumbled upon it. We didn't have time to warn anybody or to say, hey, look what happened. He left days ago. And if you haven't seen him since, like this one says, then you had ample time to warn us. You have been in the inn nigh on every night, if not every night. That's true. Alright, alright, alright, alright, alright.

SPEAKER_08 2:08:37

Alright.

SPEAKER_06 2:08:39

What do you last place we saw him? He was in a tower north of here. I don't know if he's still there or not.

SPEAKER_05 2:08:52

The last place he was send five guards to that tower.

SPEAKER_06 2:08:56

He was there, and then he might have left after he did his attack. I don't know. Well, we'll see. That's all that we know, and I swear to you. He can hold his own, guys. Don't worry. He'll be alright.

SPEAKER_07 2:09:13

Should we tell him he's a vampire hunter, to be right? No.

SPEAKER_05 2:09:16

We don't need to tell him.

SPEAKER_08 2:09:18

Okay, because he can help us kill Strahd.

SPEAKER_05 2:09:21

We have gods on the way. Should we go with them? You to arrest him, I don't know. Are going to be in the stocks until they arrive back here. Alright.

SPEAKER_08 2:09:34

Every god's damn time I have to go see Vera, I end up in handcuffs. Not the ones I want to be in.

SPEAKER_06 2:09:42

It might not take him that long.

SPEAKER_05 2:09:43

I don't know. We'll see. Isaac. Uh oh wait, now that was strong. Sends the guards, and then he and those the three other guards escort you three to the stocks again in the center of town. Once the guards get back, if he was not there, I think the three of us will have fun together.

SPEAKER_10 2:10:12

Oh, I really don't think so, Isaac.

SPEAKER_05 2:10:14

I told that's the last place we saw him. We don't know where else he would go. If we cannot bring this old man to justice, then someone's head will need to be. Let's just see what happens.

SPEAKER_06 2:10:30

Let's just say Isaac.

SPEAKER_07 2:10:33

Why do you have so many dolls?

SPEAKER_02 2:10:38

His eyes!

SPEAKER_05 2:10:42

His eyes turn into rage as he is about to put you into this stock. Fuck. How do you know this?

SPEAKER_08 2:10:52

Just had a hunch. No hunch! Lucky guess.

SPEAKER_05 2:10:57

You dug your own graveyards you by the throat.

SPEAKER_08 2:11:00

We saw Blanksy.

SPEAKER_10 2:11:03

And he told us that fat bastard pants you about my balls.

SPEAKER_08 2:11:09

Yes. Here's the thing: he saw Larielle and he said, wow, you'd be the perfect model for the dolls that it's gonna get for the man who lives at the Burger Master's house shoot. And I can't imagine it's anybody but you. You seem to like redheads. You're looking at Larielle a little funny.

SPEAKER_07 2:11:27

Nothing wrong with locking dolls here, but I'm just genuinely curious. I thought you were going to make a comment.

SPEAKER_05 2:11:38

I'll take it to the grave. Don't you worry about it. Please, I You just betrayed your good friend, this old man, to save your own skin. He's not my good friend. Why would I tell you any information about me?

SPEAKER_08 2:11:53

Because I have an unquentionable Unquenchable? Because I have. An unquenchable curiosity for all things that have to do with interesting dolls and women and you and the burger.

SPEAKER_05 2:12:10

Men suffer.

SPEAKER_08 2:12:12

But I don't want to.

SPEAKER_05 2:12:14

Throws you into the jail and slams it shut.

SPEAKER_07 2:12:17

Ah. Back on my ass.

SPEAKER_08 2:12:21

I hate him.

SPEAKER_06 2:12:22

Why the hell would you say that?

SPEAKER_08 2:12:24

Like because there's something wrong within my soul. Anytime there's something awkward, I have to say it. And I really don't like him. I know. I know.

SPEAKER_07 2:12:36

Do you think Lindsay will be okay?

SPEAKER_09 2:12:38

Probably.

SPEAKER_06 2:12:38

We'll see.

SPEAKER_07 2:12:39

I mean, who else is gonna make him his freaky ass dolls? Yeah, exactly. I'm getting bold tonight. Too much has happened. And I'm mad. You are. I don't want to be pushed around again.

SPEAKER_05 2:12:52

Two hours pass.

SPEAKER_07 2:12:54

Please tell me it's only two hours.

SPEAKER_05 2:12:56

And you see the guards return with Rick Tavia. Rick. No! There he is. Okay, Tobio. Looking utterly beaten and bloodied. The vampire hunter. Who can help us? It looks like your friend has returned.

SPEAKER_03 2:13:24

Right.

SPEAKER_05 2:13:25

That is good for you, but not good for him. Let them out.

SPEAKER_03 2:13:32

I think we should tell them that he's a vampire hunter who can kill Strahd.

SPEAKER_05 2:13:36

They don't care. I don't think they care enough about Strahd. Stay in the town. We might need you. And if you leave without telling us, without our approval, you will never be let in here again. Mm-hmm. Alright. Have a good night. I'll be watching you.

SPEAKER_11 2:14:01

Well. Leo, it's only about 11 p.m. Maybe she's still there. I don't care. Are you sure? You're so excited.

SPEAKER_07 2:14:11

I've had a night. Yes.

SPEAKER_06 2:14:13

Maybe this will make you feel better.

SPEAKER_11 2:14:15

I've had a day.

SPEAKER_08 2:14:18

Maybe.

SPEAKER_07 2:14:19

Yeah, let's go see. I feel bad for Rictavio.

SPEAKER_08 2:14:22

What's he doing?

SPEAKER_07 2:14:22

Isaac is a psychopath. We'll figure it out. I think we I think we need to May Dara could help us get back in.

SPEAKER_06 2:14:28

Nothing little gold won't smooth things over.

SPEAKER_08 2:14:32

Yeah. I think he might kill him.

SPEAKER_06 2:14:35

Well, if he does, then he does.

SPEAKER_08 2:14:37

It's traumatic.

SPEAKER_06 2:14:38

It's alright. It's sometimes things happen, but you can't save everybody. Okay. Sometimes you gotta save yourself.

SPEAKER_00 2:14:47

Yes.

SPEAKER_06 2:14:49

It sucks. And I don't like it either. But sometimes you just have to save yourself.

SPEAKER_08 2:14:55

Do you think the visage of my brother is still at the tablet?

SPEAKER_07 2:14:58

Probably. He's not.

SPEAKER_06 2:15:00

No.

SPEAKER_07 2:15:00

The spell only lasts an hour, but Leo's never cast it before, so he doesn't know.

SPEAKER_06 2:15:04

Let's just give it away. I can't feel him.

SPEAKER_07 2:15:07

Let's just go back.

SPEAKER_06 2:15:08

Give her when the seed.

SPEAKER_07 2:15:09

Yeah. And I'll give Vera the seed. I know.

SPEAKER_05 2:15:14

There you go, buddy. There you go. That was good. Given the circumstance.

SPEAKER_07 2:15:21

That was good. I think you you need that, and I need to.

SPEAKER_06 2:15:25

I need a drink.

SPEAKER_07 2:15:26

Yes. Oh, gods.

SPEAKER_06 2:15:29

Smoke.

SPEAKER_07 2:15:30

No. No. That hasn't worked for me. I may join you in that.

SPEAKER_06 2:15:34

You're welcome to. I got a couple left here.

SPEAKER_05 2:15:38

I don't want to take one of your no no, it's all right. You arrive back at Blue Water Inn to see uh Jaquis and all your treasure.

SPEAKER_03 2:15:48

See herself back there.

SPEAKER_05 2:15:49

I'm reloading my weapons. Yeah. Yeah, you can get anything off of the wagon that you'd like. Um Zulika is uh sitting out guarding the treasure. Obviously, not gonna let anything go, but she uh comes over.

SPEAKER_04 2:16:10

Oh took you quite a while to get in. Uh don't worry. Vera is here and she's waiting for you.

SPEAKER_09 2:16:19

Oh, perfect.

SPEAKER_04 2:16:20

Her patience is running a bit thin, I'm sure, but that's fine.

SPEAKER_07 2:16:26

Leo gets a weird little smirk on his face. That's been missing all day.

SPEAKER_04 2:16:30

I did not see or hear of a man named uh you said Yevgeny, right?

SPEAKER_07 2:16:35

Yes.

SPEAKER_04 2:16:36

I did not see a man by that name.

SPEAKER_07 2:16:38

It's all right. That's a blessing and a curse for what I'm about to do. Oh, you have to you have to see there through.

SPEAKER_05 2:16:47

Thanks for guarding that stuff. Appreciate it. No problem. Yes, I will be out.

SPEAKER_07 2:16:52

I will guard it with my There's a puff of smoke in the gone. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 2:16:56

Uh you go in and you see Vera uh sat at the bar alone, uh waiting for you.

SPEAKER_03 2:17:03

Okay. He goes up to her.

SPEAKER_04 2:17:06

Oh, you're finally here.

SPEAKER_03 2:17:08

Yes, your boss arrested me again.

SPEAKER_04 2:17:11

Oh, yes.

SPEAKER_03 2:17:12

I hate that guy. You should quit.

SPEAKER_04 2:17:14

You should find something better. With not many other options that pay as well as this. Oh, I did hear of the Vistani massacre. Were you a part of that?

SPEAKER_08 2:17:30

No. Well, it's complicated. How do you feel about it?

SPEAKER_04 2:17:35

It's horrible.

SPEAKER_08 2:17:36

It is horrible. Did you know they were aligned with Strahd?

SPEAKER_04 2:17:40

I didn't I didn't know.

SPEAKER_08 2:17:42

They were aligned with Strahd and they came and tried to kill my friends.

SPEAKER_04 2:17:46

So you were a part of it?

SPEAKER_07 2:17:47

I knew that it was going to happen and I didn't do anything to stop it, but I wasn't I did not attack them.

SPEAKER_08 2:17:54

Although Strahd himself did come and try to kill me and my friends again when we walked past it. God.

SPEAKER_07 2:18:02

He's blowing off steam like they've known each other forever. Like this is the talk that normally I would get. And yes.

SPEAKER_04 2:18:09

Still came here to meet with me.

SPEAKER_07 2:18:12

I did. See how much you mean? I could I couldn't. I'm not there.

SPEAKER_03 2:18:16

I couldn't uh stand you up again because of Strahdwar. Zero bitches. What?

SPEAKER_07 2:18:28

He already ruined one night with you. I couldn't let him ruin a second.

unknown 2:18:33

Okay. That was good.

SPEAKER_06 2:18:35

Nice, nice.

SPEAKER_04 2:18:36

Reel it in. Well, you certainly sound like you need a drink.

SPEAKER_07 2:18:43

I do. So do you. What what what are you having?

SPEAKER_04 2:18:46

I've already had three, but I'll have another.

SPEAKER_07 2:18:48

I'm a girl.

SPEAKER_08 2:18:52

Okay, before Danica's been keeping me company.

SPEAKER_07 2:18:56

You I need explicit consent that everything that happens after this is okay.

SPEAKER_04 2:19:03

Oh, it is just wine. I've been here for a few hours. One glass an hour is is but yes, you have my consent.

SPEAKER_07 2:19:12

Okay. Finger to her mouth. Shh. I need explicit consent. Hey.

SPEAKER_03 2:19:18

A drunk yes is a sober no.

SPEAKER_07 2:19:22

So great. Yeah, let's. I'm buying, obviously.

SPEAKER_04 2:19:28

Yes.

SPEAKER_07 2:19:28

You can.

SPEAKER_04 2:19:29

I've already put it on your tab.

SPEAKER_03 2:19:31

I like you.

SPEAKER_07 2:19:32

I love her.

SPEAKER_05 2:19:35

Uh Danica comes over and sets the glasses down.

SPEAKER_04 2:19:41

You look like you've been through hell, Leo. What happened tonight?

SPEAKER_08 2:19:46

Strahd again. And Baba La Saga. We got your seed! We got the second seed.

SPEAKER_04 2:19:52

Oh my.

SPEAKER_08 2:19:52

Oh my god. I meant to tell you the second I sat down.

SPEAKER_04 2:19:56

Thank you so much. What's happening to me? Where did you find this?

SPEAKER_08 2:20:00

I love this. I'm so excited. Baba La Saga has a hut and there was a pretend bang.

SPEAKER_05 2:20:07

Screaming this in the tavern, everyone turns around and we better go inside.

SPEAKER_08 2:20:15

Baba the fucking saga. Baba the fucking saga had a baby cradle with no baby. There was a glowing green dot underneath it, and we looked and we yoimed that seed. So do we have it? What became of it?

SPEAKER_04 2:20:33

And Baba the Saga is dead. Dead, yes. That is good.

SPEAKER_07 2:20:38

Also, your werewolf problem shouldn't be much of a problem anymore either.

SPEAKER_05 2:20:44

That was up next to Kresk, but my werewolf problem.

SPEAKER_03 2:20:48

Yeah, the bunch of there's a new leader for the wolves.

SPEAKER_04 2:20:52

Well, we didn't have much trouble with them, but now you won't.

SPEAKER_08 2:20:57

It may even be helpful.

SPEAKER_04 2:20:59

You've had quite the busy day, huh?

SPEAKER_05 2:21:00

Oh yes, it was very heroic.

SPEAKER_08 2:21:02

He kind of looks at Vera.

SPEAKER_05 2:21:04

Because uh she just kind of shrugs and goes, sounds sounds like it was, yes.

SPEAKER_08 2:21:10

Vibe check Vera to see if she's okay with this being casual and if she is into me.

SPEAKER_06 2:21:18

I think that she is.

SPEAKER_07 2:21:21

I love this. Ew. Ew. Ew. Um, I moved all my shit. Oh my god, I'm a plus eight. Fifteen. Oh my god.

unknown 2:21:39

God.

SPEAKER_05 2:21:40

I'm really smart.

SPEAKER_07 2:21:41

I'm seven places.

SPEAKER_05 2:21:42

15 insight?

SPEAKER_07 2:21:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 2:21:43

Uh she does seem into you and her her patience while it was running thin. Obviously, you had plenty of things to attend to today.

SPEAKER_03 2:21:53

I'll make it worth her while.

SPEAKER_05 2:21:54

Grateful that she waited up and is very impressed at what you've done. Um do you have a a room here?

SPEAKER_08 2:22:07

I do.

SPEAKER_05 2:22:09

I'll come in the tavern now.

SPEAKER_07 2:22:11

Just so you know, quick draw side is very messy. I'll come in behind you.

unknown 2:22:14

Yeah.

SPEAKER_10 2:22:16

Ayo.

SPEAKER_07 2:22:17

What I meant into the god damn it. Into the tavern.

SPEAKER_05 2:22:22

I'll hop up on a stool.

SPEAKER_03 2:22:24

Whatever you guys are into.

SPEAKER_05 2:22:26

Danica, have I got news for you? I've heard it already. Good. Hold out your hand. I got a surprise. And I'll place the gem.

SPEAKER_06 2:22:37

This is for you and Erwin to plant yourselves.

SPEAKER_04 2:22:40

Thank you.

SPEAKER_05 2:22:41

Thank you. This what an honorable gesture you've made. The first one we already planted, and things are looking good already. Good. So I I wanted to give that to you personally.

SPEAKER_04 2:22:52

Yes, I'm sure they've made arrangements to uh build the facility again.

SPEAKER_06 2:22:57

I'd like to help you with that.

SPEAKER_04 2:22:59

Oh, really?

SPEAKER_06 2:23:00

I'd like to stick around and help you build. Any materials that need to that need that you need, I can help pay for.

SPEAKER_05 2:23:09

I got Oh, you've come into some money, have you? Yes, I have. I've come into some money and I'll I'll gladly pay for whatever we might need. Well, thank you very much.

SPEAKER_04 2:23:22

I will go back and tell Erwin immediately.

SPEAKER_07 2:23:24

This is as long as we don't get boofed.

SPEAKER_04 2:23:27

Whatever do you mean?

SPEAKER_07 2:23:29

Well, we were boofed here. We might get boofed back. I'm not really sure how that works. Um the but the best the best term that we've come up with for that spontaneously teleported. Where is this realm?

SPEAKER_04 2:23:41

That makes more sense. Where is this realm?

SPEAKER_07 2:23:44

Yes, in regards to like Boulder's Gate.

SPEAKER_04 2:23:47

I never heard of it.

SPEAKER_07 2:23:51

Something's happening. I'm so excited.

SPEAKER_05 2:23:55

Um okay, she runs back and tells Erwin, and you hear them kind of celebrating in the back, and uh Erwin uh peeks his head. It's like not really an open kitchen, but you can there's like a window to it, and he kind of like peeks his head and goes, shows uh thumbs up, shows the seed, and then gets back to work. It's a very busy night at the inn, uh, and he is cooking his ass off.

SPEAKER_04 2:24:18

Um I already ate. I don't know if you're hungry, but I know I am starving.

SPEAKER_06 2:24:26

Well, okay, I will missed opportunity. Starving for you.

SPEAKER_07 2:24:33

I could eat many things. That's all right. I'll watch you eat.

SPEAKER_05 2:24:37

Whoa!

SPEAKER_07 2:24:38

Yeah, he's putting on a show.

SPEAKER_05 2:24:40

Here's a freak. Danica brings you a wolf steak.

SPEAKER_04 2:24:44

Um, and we buttered this one nice up for you. Thank you. Perfect. Um quick draw, Lyriel. Um, anything for you?

SPEAKER_06 2:24:54

Can you get a bottle of the red dragon, please?

SPEAKER_04 2:24:57

Yes, of course.

SPEAKER_06 2:24:58

Thank you. There you go.

SPEAKER_03 2:24:59

Um Leo's gonna write on a napkin.

SPEAKER_07 2:25:06

Say, just real quick, Lyriel, do you do you need your friend tonight? Because yes or no.

SPEAKER_05 2:25:18

Do you need your friend tonight?

SPEAKER_07 2:25:20

Yeah, she's been through a hard day. She will see that. And now that they've done the Burgamaster thing, they've handed off the gem. Everything of the day is kind of hitting her again. So she is starting to kind of get back like into herself, like inward, and kind of is starting to go out again. Um, but she will see the napkin, look at it. He looks at you so sincerely, she'll kind of laugh a little bit, check no, and slide it back, make direct eye contact and slide it back and say, I'm I will be all right. He looks at you a little too intensely, like you're sharp.

SPEAKER_03 2:26:06

Yes, he'll wake it, turns around. Okay.

SPEAKER_06 2:26:21

Oh, it's good. That is good. Drink up.

SPEAKER_07 2:26:26

Okay, and she'll do the same and sit it back down.

SPEAKER_05 2:26:32

Uh, as you finish eating, Vera kind of leans in to you and whispers.

SPEAKER_04 2:26:39

So that room.

SPEAKER_03 2:26:42

Yes, why don't we go up there?

SPEAKER_04 2:26:44

Good. Ah shit.

SPEAKER_07 2:26:47

While she starts like walking up, I turn to the two of them and I go, if somebody comes to kill you once again, scream louder than me.

SPEAKER_06 2:26:56

Good lord.

SPEAKER_07 2:26:58

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_06 2:26:58

Well it appears you're out of the room for anything. Yeah, I guess so.

SPEAKER_07 2:27:02

Well, I like I said, mine is set up the same way that yours is, so there is a whole separate bed in there.

SPEAKER_06 2:27:08

Yeah, I'm not I'm not going in there.

SPEAKER_07 2:27:11

Yeah, I don't think you should in it when we subject you to that.

SPEAKER_06 2:27:15

I gotta be on the other side of the wall though.

SPEAKER_07 2:27:17

Well, yeah.

SPEAKER_06 2:27:20

Take some wax from that candle and put it in my ears.

SPEAKER_07 2:27:24

Yeah, you probably should. Clearly, it's uh body safe. Um although you guys wouldn't know that from the bleep scene. Um use your little inferences on that. Okay, I'm gonna ask like an above table. Okay. Do you want to continue, Vera, before I start talking? Like, is there anything else that you want to do there?

SPEAKER_03 2:27:45

They're going up there to fuck. I don't think anything else is about to happen.

SPEAKER_07 2:27:52

Yeah, we're fading to black. I just wanted to make sure. Yeah, I wanted to make sure you got your yeah, your stuff in. Um yeah, as they are sitting there and just kind of passing the bottle back and forth. Um you will see like kind of all of her kind of deflates, and you see the heaviness of the day come back. Um and she does sort of kind of like she's trying to stay present, but you can tell that she is kind of formulating something to say.

SPEAKER_01 2:28:32

All right there.

SPEAKER_11 2:28:42

I now that we've had a moment to sit.

SPEAKER_06 2:28:50

Literally just been a day.

SPEAKER_11 2:28:53

It has been. Um I I think I do need to talk. I'm new to this. I think I do need to do a talk about what we went through today. Um sure you could tell.

SPEAKER_07 2:29:24

Um I'm still and she for the first time will look at him like because she's been kind of staring away.

SPEAKER_11 2:29:35

I keep reliving the fight with Baba La Saga in my head.

SPEAKER_09 2:29:41

I I cannot even begin to apologize in the way that I wanted to, and I it's not your fault.

SPEAKER_06 2:29:59

No, but it It's not your fault.

SPEAKER_11 2:30:03

No, quick draw, it it's not your fault.

SPEAKER_07 2:30:07

Stop. I was forced to watch myself attack you while I was screaming within my own mind for me to stop, and I you know what you did?

SPEAKER_06 2:30:18

You know what you did? Look at me. You did stop you did stop.

SPEAKER_07 2:30:27

She will put a hand, if you have a hand, like I'll like tapping the table, she will put a hand over top of yours.

SPEAKER_09 2:30:35

I almost lost you twice today. One of those times by my own hand. And uh you keep you've been saying all day that it wasn't me. And maybe it wasn't my mind, but it was my hands. It was my power, it was my smites, everything about me that's supposed to be holy and protect people almost caused the death of of someone I uh care more for than I intended to. And I know Leo could have revived you and it would have been fine, but if I had fully taken your life even briefly, I would never have forgiven myself. I think the thing that bothers me the most is that she sensed my fondness for you and used it against me to hurt you and I am terrified to be near you to I I I feel that you are no longer safe around me.

SPEAKER_06 2:31:52

I haven't felt more safe than I have when I'm next to you, and when I'm next to Leo, I've never felt more safe and taken care of in my life. I'm used to being lone. And I found you guys by sheer chance, and my life has never been the same. I can't go back to anything that I was doing. You guys who showed me so much, made me feel so many things that I haven't felt before. And yeah, no, it wasn't you. Sure, it might have been your hands, quite literally, but I'm not looking at you any different, there, little lady. Your mind was taking over and you were strong enough to repel it. I don't know of anybody that can do that. And then later, you did it three times, you said, Destroy it himself. Now come on.

SPEAKER_07 2:32:57

That was her fear. Like you've all day been saying, like, it wasn't you, it wasn't you, it wasn't you. For her, that could easily have been like just something to placate, like, oh, it wasn't you. It's fine. Hearing you say, I don't, like definitively saying I don't look at you any different. She deflates even more and the emotions of the day fully hit her, and she just starts silently like just tear tracks.

SPEAKER_06 2:33:31

I heard I'll kind of just rub her back and just sit there for a minute. You wanna go upstairs?

SPEAKER_11 2:33:41

I thought you wanted to smoke.

SPEAKER_06 2:33:44

I'm good.

SPEAKER_11 2:33:45

Are you sure?

SPEAKER_06 2:33:46

Yeah, I'm good.

SPEAKER_11 2:33:49

Okay. If um if you aren't uh comfortable sharing a room, I'm sure we can persuade Danica to get you pick something else up.

SPEAKER_06 2:34:01

Come on, let's go upstairs.

SPEAKER_07 2:34:05

And they'll go up. Um Yeah, she'll open her door.

SPEAKER_05 2:34:14

As you open the door. No, no.

SPEAKER_08 2:34:16

Oh my god. You are a bitch.

SPEAKER_05 2:34:19

She's gonna be sitting on your bed. Esmeralda.

SPEAKER_08 2:34:25

I take it back, I love you.

SPEAKER_05 2:34:26

Oh fuck. She looks at both of you. How did she get here?

SPEAKER_03 2:34:31

Yeah.

SPEAKER_05 2:34:32

You see the window is open.

SPEAKER_03 2:34:33

Oh my god.

SPEAKER_05 2:34:34

Close the door. And tell me what the fuck you were thinking right now. And that's where we're gonna end our session. Wait, what? She is the uh Rictavio is like her father figure.

SPEAKER_07 2:34:53

Oh we can persuade. I thought she was the lady from Babble La Saga.

SPEAKER_05 2:34:58

No, Esmeralda. That's that's Muriel. Esmeralda is I can persuade her. We can tell her.

SPEAKER_06 2:35:04

Oh, it's gonna be a pretty damn high persuasion. It's gonna be DC fucking 30. With the mooning in the background. Tell me what you're thinking.

SPEAKER_05 2:35:17

I'm thinking that this isn't the common place.

SPEAKER_08 2:35:20

Go get Leo. No.

unknown 2:35:21

I refuse to leave.

SPEAKER_05 2:35:22

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